Pronunciation: ˌ spek-t ə -n ō - ' m ī -s ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: spect- (fr. New Latin spectabilis, specific epithet of Streptomyces spectabilis ) + act inomycin
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