English Explanatory Dictionary

lincomycin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lincosamide antibiotic derived from Streptomyces lincolnensis.

Word forms

lincomycin lincomycins

Etymology

From translingual (Streptomyces) linco(lnensis) + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from a Streptomyces strain”).

Derived words

clindamycin
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