Usually means: Chemotherapy drug, inhibits cell division.
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  1. paclitaxel: Merriam-Webster
  2. paclitaxel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. paclitaxel: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Paclitaxel, paclitaxel: Wordnik
  5. paclitaxel: Wiktionary
  6. paclitaxel: Dictionary.com
  7. Paclitaxel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. paclitaxel: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. paclitaxel: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. paclitaxel: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Paclitaxel: Merck Manuals
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  7. Drugs Used to Treat Complications of HIV/AIDS (No longer online)
  8. paclitaxel: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  9. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  10. paclitaxel: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. paclitaxel: Medical dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (paclitaxel)

noun:  (pharmacology) A taxane antineoplastic drug C₄₇H₅₁NO₁₄ originally isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, but now typically derived as a semisynthetic product of the English yew; it interferes with microtubule function and inhibits cell division, and is used in the treatment of some cancers, especially those of the breast and ovary.

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