GRAMICIDIN


Meaning of GRAMICIDIN in English

[gram.i.ci.din] n [gram-positive + -i- + -cide + -in] (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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