DAUNORUBICIN

noun Etymology: dauno- (as in daunomycin) + rubidomycin, a substance found to be identical with daunomycin (from International Scientific Vocabulary rubido- —from Latin rubidus red— + -mycin) Date: circa 1968 an antibiotic C 27 H 29 NO 10 that is a nitrogenous glycoside and is used especially in the treatment of leukemia