pyrrolobenzodiazepine

noun

A class of compounds with antibiotic and anti-tumor properties.

OriginEnglish azepine ← French hepta- ← Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ) →
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Meanings

nounpyrrolobenzodiazepine (plural pyrrolobenzodiazepines)

plural pyrrolobenzodiazepines

  1. medicineA class of compounds with antibiotic and anti-tumor properties.

    SG2000 (SJG-136, NSC694501) is a rationally designed pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimer which interacts sequence selectively in the minor groove of DNA.

    2015 August 19, Maria Mellinas-Gomez et al., “Activity of the DNA minor groove cross-linking agent SG2000 (SJG-136) against canine tumours”, in BMC Veterinary Research, volume 11, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  5. GermanPyrro
  6. Englishpyrrole
  7. Englishpyrrol
  8. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  11. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  12. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  13. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  14. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  15. Old Javanesejawa
  16. Old JavaneseJawi
  17. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  18. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  19. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  20. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  21. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  22. Catalanbenjuí
  23. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  24. Englishbenzoin
  25. Englishbenzo-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  27. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  28. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  29. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  30. Latindi-
  31. Englishdi-
  32. Proto-Indo-European*né
  33. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  34. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  35. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  36. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  37. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  38. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  39. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  40. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  41. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  42. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  43. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  44. Frenchazote
  45. Englishazote
  46. Englishaz-
  47. Proto-Afroasiatic*sṗɣ?
  48. Proto-Semitic*šabʕ-bor.?
  49. Proto-Indo-European*septḿ̥
  50. Proto-Hellenic*heptə́
  51. Ancient Greekἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)
  52. Frenchhepta-
  53. Englishazepine
  54. Englishpyrrolobenzodiazepine

From pyrrol + -o- + benzo- + di- + azepine.

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