SPECTINOMYCIN

noun Etymology: spect- (from New Latin spectabilis, specific epithet of Streptomyces spectabilis) + actinomycin Date: 1964 a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C 14 H 24 N 2 O 7 produced by a bacterium ( Streptomyces spectabilis ) that is used clinically especially in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea