GRAMICIDIN


Meaning of GRAMICIDIN in English

noun Etymology: gram-positive + -i- + -cide + 1-in Date: 1940 any of several toxic crystalline polypeptide antibiotics produced by a soil bacterium ( Bacillus brevis ) and used against gram-positive bacteria in local infections

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