VIOMYCIN


Meaning of VIOMYCIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌvī-ə-ˈmī-s ə n ]

noun

Etymology: vio let + -mycin; from the color of the soil organism

Date: 1950

: a polypeptide antibiotic C 25 H 43 N 13 O 10 that is produced by several soil actinomycetes (genus Streptomyces ) and is administered in the form of its sulfate in the treatment of tuberculosis

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