an antibiotic drug, CHNOS, used in the treatment of various bacterial diseases, esp. those resistant to penicillin or those involving an allergy to penicillin
See lincomycin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(lĭngˌkə-mīˈsĭn)
noun
An antibiotic derived from cultures of the bacterium Streptomyces lincolnensis, used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.