TETRACYCLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tetracycline mean? 

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

1. an antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TETRACYCLINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Achromycin; tetracycline

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

antibacterial; antibacterial drug; bactericide (any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tetracycline"):

Declomycin; demeclocycline hydrochloride (tetracycline antibacterial (trade name Declomycin) effective in the treatment of some bacterial and rickettsial and other infections)

Minocin; minocycline (tetracycline antibiotic (trade name Minocin) used to treat a variety of bacterial and rickettsial infections)

 Context examples 

It is a type of tetracycline antibiotic.

(minocycline-EDTA, NCI Dictionary)

A chemically-modified tetracycline with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Incyclinide, NCI Thesaurus)

A tetracycline with broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiprotozoal activity.

(Chlortetracycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of methacycline, a tetracycline antibiotic with broad-spectrum antibacterial and antiprotozoal activity.

(Methacycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, demeclocycline, which like other tetracyclines chelates calcium in bone and exhibits a yellow fluorescence under ultraviolet (UV) light, may be used as a fluorescent bone-labeling agent in bone histomorphometry.

(Demeclocycline hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic, broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic exhibiting antimicrobial activity.

(Doxycycline, NCI Thesaurus)

Declomycin is a type of tetracycline antibiotic and a type of bone-labeling agent.

(Declomycin, NCI Dictionary)

Demeclocycline hydrochloride is a type of tetracycline antibiotic and a type of bone-labeling agent.

(Demeclocycline hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

This species is nonmotile, metabolizes arginine with the subsequent release of ammonia into the broth medium, resistant to penicillins and cephalosporins, while tetracycline (adults only) and erythromycin are effective chemotherapeutic agents.

(Mycoplasma hominis, NCI Thesaurus)