GENTAMICIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gentamicin mean? 

• GENTAMICIN (noun)
  The noun GENTAMICIN has 1 sense:

1. an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract

  Familiarity information: GENTAMICIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENTAMICIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Garamycin; gentamicin

Hypernyms ("gentamicin" is a kind of...):

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

 Context examples 

Gentamicin C2 has a methyl group at the 6' position of the 2-amino-hexose ring, along with a free amine.

(Gentamicin C2, NCI Thesaurus)

Gentamicin is a thermostable complex containing the gentamicins C1, C1a, C2, C2a and C2b.

(Gentamicin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic structurally related to gentamicin and amikacin.

(Isepamicin, NCI Thesaurus)

Gentamicin C1a lacks methyl groups on the 2-amino-hexose ring and has a free amine at the 6' position.

(Gentamicin C1a, NCI Thesaurus)

Gentamicin C1 has a methyl group in the 6' position of the 2-amino-hexose ring and is N methylated at the same position.

(Gentamicin C1, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance that works against many types of bacteria and includes streptomycin, gentamicin, and neomycin.

(Aminoglycoside antibiotic, NCI Dictionary)

Gentamicin is an antibiotic complex consisting of four major (C1, C1a, C2, and C2a) and several minor components.

(Gentamicin, NCI Thesaurus)

Micronomicin is an analog of gentamicin and has broad-spectrum activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

(Micronomicin, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is oxidase negative, fermentative, susceptible to ampicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, cefepime, ofloxacin, gentamicin, carbenicillin, and amikacin but resistant to cephalothin, penicillin G, and vancomycin.

(Ewingella americana, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the major components of the gentamicin complex.

(Gentamicin C1, NCI Thesaurus)