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tetracycline definition

tetra·cy·cline (te′trə sī′klin, -klēn′)

noun

a yellow, odorless, crystalline powder, CHNO, prepared synthetically or obtained from certain streptomyces: it is a broad-spectrum antibiotic

Etymology: < tetra- + cycl(ic) + -ine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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