Etymology

taxane

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Today it means: Any of a class of diterpenoid drugs that inhibit cancer cell growth and division. Full definition →

Latin Taxus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromTaxus“yew”
  2. English todaytaxane

Scientific Latin Taxus (“yew”) + -ane

Words from the same roots

LatinTaxus all →

taxoltaxifolin

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