TETRACYCLINE


Meaning of TETRACYCLINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌte-trə-ˈsī-ˌklēn ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tetracycl ic having four fused hydrocarbon rings + -ine (II)

Date: 1952

: a yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8 produced by streptomyces or synthetically ; also : any of several chemically related antibiotics (as doxycycline)

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