tigecycline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A glycylcycline antibiotic.

Word forms

tigecycline

Etymology

According to the brand name Tygacil, may comes from (bu)ty(l) + g(lycyl) + a(mino)- + -cycline (“tetracycline derivative”).

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