SPECTINOMYCIN


Meaning of SPECTINOMYCIN in English

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

noun

Etymology: spect- (from New Latin spectabilis, specific epithet of Streptomyces spectabilis ) + act inomycin

Date: 1964

: a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C 14 H 24 N 2 O 7 produced by a bacterium ( Streptomyces spectabilis ) that is used clinically especially in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea

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