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lincomycin Definition

linco·my·cin (liŋ′kō mīsin)

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

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

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