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lincomycin Definition

☆ linco·my·cin (liŋ′kō mī′sin)

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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