etoposide

English

Noun

etoposide (plural etoposides)

1. (medicine) A derivative of podophyllotoxin that is used in the treatment of some cancers by inhibiting mitosis.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 206:

     Etoposide came from the fruit of the poisonous mayapple.

Anagrams

• deisotope