mitomycin

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noun

Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.

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Mutamycin
OriginEnglish mito- ← Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos) ← Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? →
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Meanings

nounmitomycin (countable and uncountable, plural mitomycins)

plural mitomycins

  1. countableuncountablemedicineAny of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lavendulae, one of which is used as a chemotherapeutic agent.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna complex of antibiotic substances obtained from a streptomyces bacterium; one form (trade name Mutamycin) shows promise as an anticancer drug

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Mutamycin
Broader
antibioticantibiotic drug

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμίτος (mítos)
  3. Englishmito-
  4. Englishmitomycin

From mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

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APA

mitomycin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitomycin

MLA

“mitomycin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitomycin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mitomycin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitomycin.

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