Lincomycin Definition

lĭngkə-mīsĭn
noun
An antibiotic drug, C18H34N2O6S, used in the treatment of various bacterial diseases, esp. those resistant to penicillin, and in treating persons with an allergy to penicillin.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
lincomycin
Plural:
lincomycins

Origin of Lincomycin

  • New Latin linco(lnēnsis) specific epithet (after Lincoln Nebraska, where the bacterium was discovered in a soil sample) –mycin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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