BACITRACIN


Meaning of BACITRACIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌba-sə-ˈtrā-s ə n ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Bacillus subtilis (species of bacillus producing the toxin) + Margaret Tracy b ab 1936 American child in whose tissues it was found

Date: 1945

: a polypeptide antibiotic isolated from a bacillus ( Bacillus subtilis or B. licheniformis ) and usually used topically especially against gram-positive bacteria

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