chloramphenicol

chloramphenicol definition - medical

chlor·am·phen·i·col (klôrˌăm-fĕnˈĭ-kôlˌ, -kōlˌ)

noun
A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from the soil bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or produced synthetically.

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