English Explanatory Dictionary

spectinomycin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis.

Word forms

spectinomycin spectinomycins

Etymology

From translingual spect(abilis)[Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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