Definitions For Taxol

Noun

TAXOL (plural TAXOLs) (chemistry, pharmacology) A taxane, C47H51NO14, used to treat cancer; taxol.

Etymology

Named by the researchers who isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew in 1967, Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani, from the scientific {{etyl, la, en}} term taxus (a genus name).

Is Taxol a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
13

The word Taxol is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

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