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STREPTOTHRICIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does streptothricin mean?
• STREPTOTHRICIN (noun)
The noun STREPTOTHRICIN has 1 sense:
1. a basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete
Familiarity information: STREPTOTHRICIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("streptothricin" 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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