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lincomycin

(liŋ′kō mī′sin)

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noun

an antibiotic drug, CHNOS, used in the treatment of various bacterial diseases, esp. those resistant to penicillin or those involving an allergy to penicillin

Origin: (Streptomyceslincoln(ensis), the bacteria from which derived (isolated from a soil sample collected near Lincoln, Nebr.) + myc- + -in

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noun

An antibiotic derived from cultures of the bacterium Streptomyces lincolnensis, used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin linco(lnēnsis), specific epithet

Origin: + -mycin

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