docetaxel (English, noun)
expansion: docetaxel (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A semisynthetic antineoplastic drug C₄₃H₅₃NO₁₄·3H₂O (trademark Taxotere) that is administered intravenously to treat various cancers (as of the lung, breast, or prostate) and is derived from the needles of a yew tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe.
tags: uncountable
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