mithramycin
/ˌmɪθrəˈmaɪsɪn/
noun
- A type of antibiotic medicine used to treat certain cancers, especially testicular cancer, and to lower high calcium levels in the blood.
- The doctor prescribed mithramycin to help control the patient's dangerously high calcium levels.
- Researchers are studying mithramycin for its effects on certain genetic disorders.
- Mithramycin is sometimes used in chemotherapy for testicular cancer.