Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calicheamicin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: calicheam-icin
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of enediyne antibiotics derived from the bacterium Micromonospora echinospora, extremely toxic to all living cells and used in targeted therapy against cancer.

Inflected Forms

calicheamicins (plural)

Questions

What does calicheamicin mean?: Any of a class of enediyne antibiotics derived from the bacterium Micromonospora echinospora, extremely toxic to all living cells and used in targeted therapy against cancer.

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