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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
bleomycin
 
SYLLABICATION:ble·o·my·cin
PRONUNCIATION:  bl-msn
NOUN: An antibiotic that is obtained from cultures of the bacterium Streptomyces verticillus and used in the form of its sulfate for the treatment of various neoplasms.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration of phleomycin, a related antibiotic : phleo-, of unknown meaning + –mycin.
 
 
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