English Explanatory Dictionary

kanamycin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.

Pronunciation

/ˌkæn.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/

Word forms

kanamycin kanamycins

Etymology

From (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain”). The term kanamyceticus may comes from From Japanese 金 (kana-, “metal, money”) + Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs) + Latin -icus.

Derived words

bekanamycin gentamicin -kacin
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on K Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary