English Explanatory Dictionary

fosfomycin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A broad-spectrum antibiotic, 3-methyloxiran-2-ylphosphonic acid, obtained from certain Streptomyces bacteria.

Word forms

fosfomycin

Etymology

Originally phosphomycin, from phospho- + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from a Streptomyces strain”).

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