adriamycin
/ˌeɪdɹɪəˈmaɪsɪn/noun
adriamycin is spelled A-D-R-I-A-M-Y-C-I-N: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, adriamycin means “An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer chemotherapy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in adriamycin?
| Letters | 10: A-D-R-I-A-M-Y-C-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is adriamycin?
Adriamycin appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce adriamycin?
- /ˌeɪdɹɪəˈmaɪsɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adriamycin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer chemotherapy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Adriamycin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a drug used in cancer chemotherapy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | adriamicina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does adriamycin come from?
Blend of Adriatic + hydroxydaunomycin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).