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OXYTETRACYCLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxytetracycline mean? 

OXYTETRACYCLINE (noun)
  The noun OXYTETRACYCLINE has 1 sense:

1. a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infectionsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OXYTETRACYCLINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hydroxytetracycline; oxytetracycline; oxytetracycline hydrochloride; Terramycin

Hypernyms ("oxytetracycline" 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 


Oxytetracycline hydrochloride interferes with binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-ribosome complex, thereby preventing peptide elongation and inhibiting protein synthesis.

(Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of oxytetracycline, a tetracycline derivative produced by Streptomyces rimosus exhibiting antimicrobial activity.

(Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)



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