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amphotericin B definition

am·pho·teri·cin B (am′fə ter′ə sin)

an antibiotic compound, CHNO, used in treating certain diseases caused by parasitic fungi, such as systemic candidiasis

Etymology: amphoteric + -in

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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