puromycin

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English[edit]

Molecular structure of puromycin
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Etymology[edit]

From [Term?] +‎ -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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Noun[edit]

puromycin (countable and uncountable, plural puromycins)

  1. (pharmacology) An antibiotic that is a strong inhibitor of protein translation.

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