azoxymethane

noun

az·​oxy·​meth·​ane

: a carcinogen C₇H₆N₂ used to produce tumors in the colon of laboratory animals

Pretreatment of the mice with azoxymethane increases the incidence of colon cancer to approximately 100%.

—Joanne A. P. Wilson, New England Journal of Medicine, 19 June 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

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