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OXYTETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oxytetracycline hydrochloride mean?
• OXYTETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)
The noun OXYTETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE has 1 sense:
1. a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections
Familiarity information: OXYTETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OXYTETRACYCLINE HYDROCHLORIDE (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 hydrochloride" 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)
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