rifamycin

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Etymology

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From French Rififi (a French crime film) +‎ am(ino)- +‎ -mycin (antibiotic).

Noun

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rifamycin (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) Any of a group of antibiotics, a subclass of the ansamycins, which are synthesized either naturally by the bacterium Amycolatopsis mediterranei or artificially.

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