bortezomib
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /bɔɹˈtɛzoʊmɪb/
Noun
bortezomib (uncountable)
- A proteasome inhibitor used in cancer treatment and chemotherapy.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 443:
- Bortezomib, or Velcade, blocks an internal waste-dispensing mechanism for proteins that is particularly hyperactive in cancer cells.
Synonyms
- (trademark) Velcade
Further reading
- bortezomib on Wikipedia.Wikipedia