SPECTINOMYCIN

[spec.ti.no.my.cin] n [spect- (fr. NL spectabilis, specific epithet of Streptomyces spectabilis) + actinomycin] (1964): a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by a bacterium (Streptomyces spectabilis) that is used clinically esp. in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea