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noun
A crystalline macrolide antibiotic with the molecular formula C42H67NO16, derived from the bacterium Streptomyces halstedii.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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noun
a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: antibiotic, antibiotic drug
History
A neologism mimicking the names of other antibiotics. By surface analysis, carbo- (“carbon”) + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
