GRAMICIDIN


Meaning of GRAMICIDIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌgra-mə-ˈsī-d ə n ]

noun

Etymology: gram -positive + -i- + -cide + -in (I)

Date: 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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