kanamycin

(kănˌə-mīˈsĭn)

noun
A water-soluble broad-spectrum antibiotic, C18H36O11N4, obtained from the soil bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin kanamyc(ēticus), specific epithet of a species of actinomycete (Japanese kana-, golden (from the color of its colonies) + New Latin mycēticus, fungus from -mycētēs; see -mycete)

Origin: + -in

.

Learn more about kanamycin

link/cite print suggestion box