a substance, CHNO, obtained from a small yew tree (Taxus brevifolia) of W North America, used in treating certain kinds of cancer
Origin of taxol
from taxonomic name of the treetaxol
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Taxol
A trademark for the drug paclitaxel.
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Origin
Named by the researchers who isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew in 1967, Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani, from the scientific Latin term Taxus (a genus name).
Noun
- (pharmacology) Taxol, paclitaxel: a drug (a mitotic inhibit) used to kill dividing tumour cells.
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taxol - Medical Definition
A trademark for the drug paclitaxel.
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