POLYMYXIN


Meaning of POLYMYXIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpä-lē-ˈmik-sən ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin polymyxa, from poly- + Greek myxa mucus — more at mucus

Date: 1947

: any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a soil bacterium ( Bacillus polymyxa ) and active against gram-negative bacteria

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