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erythromycin definition

☆ eryth·ro·my·cin (e rit̸h′rō mī′sin)

noun

an antibiotic, CHNO, isolated from a soil bacterium (Streptomyces erythreus), used in treating various bacterial diseases

Etymology: erythro- + -mycin

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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