NEOMYCIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neomycin mean? 

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

1. an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEOMYCIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

fradicin; Neobiotic; neomycin

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

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

antiseptic (a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues)

 Context examples 

Neomycin C is approximately half as active as neomycin B.

(Neomycin C, NCI Thesaurus)

It is composed of neomycins A, B, and C. It acts by inhibiting translation during protein synthesis.

(Neomycin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The sulfate salt form of neomycin, a broad spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic derived from Streptomyces fradiae with antibacterial activity.

(Neomycin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A commercial combination preparation containing the aminoglycoside antibiotic neomycin sulfate and the polypeptide antibiotic polymyxin B sulfate, by Pfizer, in a cream with topical antibacterial activity.

(Neosporin Cream, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the sterile, commercial combination preparations, by Pfizer, containing neomycin sulfate and polymyxin B sulfate, as the main active ingredients, for ophthalmic treatments.

(Neosporin Ophthalmic, NCI Thesaurus)

The neomycin phosphotransferase gene product has no direct therapeutic value; it serves as a molecular marker to monitor the presence and localization of the PG13/Lnc8-transduced T-lymphocytes in the host.

(PG13/LNc8 Retroviral Transduced Cloned T-Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

The sulfate salt form of paromomycin, a structural derivative of neomycin, an aminoglycoside antibiotic with amebicidal and bactericidal effects against predominantly aerobic gram-negative bacteria.

(Paromomycin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

Neomycin irreversibly binds to the 16S rRNA and S12 protein of the bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit.

(Neomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

An aminoglycoside antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces lavendulae (decaris), mainly containing neomycin B, with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity.

(Framycetin, NCI Thesaurus)

The minor component of the neomycin complex, a broad spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic derived from Streptomyces fradiae with antibacterial activity.

(Neamine, NCI Thesaurus)