GENTAMICIN


Meaning of GENTAMICIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌjen-tə-ˈmī-s ə n ]

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)

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