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nys·ta·tin (nis′tə tin)

noun

an antibiotic, CHNO, used for treating fungal infections, as candidiasis

Etymology: N(ew) Y(ork) Stat(e), where it was developed + -in

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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