/dem'euh kloh suy"kleen/ , n. Pharm.
a broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 21 H 21 ClN 2 O 8 , derived from a mutant strain of the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens: used against a wide range of susceptible microorganisms.
[ contr. and rearrangement of 7-chloro-6-demethyltetracycline, an alternate name ]