/spek'teuh noh muy"sin/ , n. Pharm.
an antibiotic drug, C 14 H 24 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
[ 1960-65; b. NL spectabilis a specific epithet (lit., visible; see SPECTACLE, -ABLE) and ACTINOMYCIN ]