Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bleomycin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: bleomycin
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of antineoplastic drug obtained from Streptomyces verticillus.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Bleomycin, which could scar lungs without warning, was an antibiotic derived from a mold."

Etymology

From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

bleomycins (plural)

Questions

What does bleomycin mean?: Any of a family of antineoplastic drug obtained from Streptomyces verticillus.
Where does bleomycin come from?: From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

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