tetracycline

See also: tétracycline

English

Etymology

tetra- +‎ cycline

Noun

tetracycline (plural tetracyclines)

1. An antibiotic produced by the Streptomyces bacterium.
2. Any antibiotic with the same general structure derived from tetracene with many hydroxyl and other groups.

Translations

antibiotic produced by bacteria

• Finnish: tetrasykliini
• French: tétracycline (fr) f
• Greek: τετρακυκλίνη f (tetrakyklíni)
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• Hungarian: tetraciklin
• Russian: тетрацикли́н (ru) m (tetraciklín)

antibiotic with the same general structure

• French: tétracycline (fr) f
• Greek: τετρακυκλίνη f (tetrakyklíni)
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• Russian: тетрацикли́н (ru) m (tetraciklín)