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streptomycin definition

☆ strep·to·my·cin (-mī′sin)

noun

an antibiotic, CHNO, obtained from a soil bacterium (Streptomyces griseus) and used in treating various bacterial diseases, as tuberculosis

Etymology: < streptomyces + -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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