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chlortetracycline definition

☆ chlor·tetra·cy·cline (-te′trə sī′klin, -klīn′)

noun

a yellow antibiotic, CHClNO, isolated from a microorganism (Streptomyces aureofaciens): it is used against a wide variety of bacterial and rickettsial infections and certain viruses

Etymology: chlor(o)- + tetracycline

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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