n :  an antineoplastic agent C₄₇H₅₁NO₁₄ derived esp. from the bark of a yew tree (Taxus brevifolia of the family Taxaceae) of the western U.S. and British Columbia and administered intravenously in the treatment of ovarian cancer which has not responded to conventional chemotherapy   - see TAXOL  .
 
 
 
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