ozogamicin

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noun

An antitumor antibiotic of the calicheamicin class.

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Meanings

nounozogamicin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAn antitumor antibiotic of the calicheamicin class.

    Inotuzumab ozogamicin (Fig. 1) is an ADC composed of G544, an IgG4 isotype that specifically recognizes human CD22, and the derivative of calicheamicin.

    2011 October, Alejandro D. Ricart, “Antibody-Drug Conjugates of Calicheamicin Derivative: Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin and Inotuzumab Ozogamicin”, in Clinical Cancer Research, volume 17, number 20, →DOI

Origin

From [Term?] + -micin (“aminoglycoside, antibiotic”).

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