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ANTIMYCIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antimycin mean?
• ANTIMYCIN (noun)
The noun ANTIMYCIN has 1 sense:
1. a crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi
Familiarity information: ANTIMYCIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crystalline antibiotic active against various fungi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("antimycin" is a kind of...):
antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)
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