spectinomycin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From translingual spect(abilis) + [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
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Noun[edit]
spectinomycin (countable and uncountable, plural spectinomycins)
- (pharmacology) An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis.