n.
Pronunciation: ˌ jen-t ə - ' m ī -s ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of earlier gentamycin, from gent ian violet + kan amycin; from the color of the actinomycete
Date: 1963
: a broad-spectrum antibiotic mixture derived from an actinomycete ( Micromonospora purpurea or M. echinospora ) and extensively used as the sulfate in treating infections (as of the urinary tract)