| ACTINOMYCIN | • actinomycin n. (Biochemistry, pharmacology) Any of a class of toxic polypeptide antibiotics found in soil bacteria… • ACTINOMYCIN n. any of various antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria. |
| BLEOMYCIN | • bleomycin n. (Pharmacology) Any of a family of antineoplastic drug obtained from Streptomyces verticillus. • BLEOMYCIN n. a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkins Disease. |
| DAUNOMYCIN | • daunomycin n. (Pharmacology) Alternative form of daunorubicin. • DAUNOMYCIN n. an antibiotic used in treatment of leukaemia. |
| ERYTHROMYCIN | • erythromycin n. (Pharmacology) A broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotic C37H67NO13 produced by an actinomycete Saccharopolyspora… • ERYTHROMYCIN n. a broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by an actinomycete and administered orally or topically. |
| LINCOMYCIN | • lincomycin n. (Pharmacology) A lincosamide antibiotic derived from Streptomyces lincolnensis. • LINCOMYCIN n. an antibiotic used for streptococcal infections. |
| MITOMYCIN | • mitomycin n. (Pharmacology) Any of a family of aziridine-containing natural products isolated from the filamentous… • MITOMYCIN n. a kind of antibiotic. |
| NEOMYCIN | • neomycin n. (Biochemistry, pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic related to streptomycin that… • NEOMYCIN n. an antibiotic used to treat skin and eye infections. |
| OLEANDOMYCIN | • oleandomycin n. (Pharmacology) A macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces antibioticus. • OLEANDOMYCIN n. an antibiotic produced by a streptomyces. |
| PUROMYCIN | • puromycin n. (Pharmacology) An antibiotic that is a strong inhibitor of protein translation. • PUROMYCIN n. a type of antibiotic. |
| SPECTINOMYCIN | • spectinomycin n. (Pharmacology) An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis. • SPECTINOMYCIN n. a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by a bacterium that is used clinically esp. in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea. |
| STREPTOMYCIN | • streptomycin n. (Pharmacology) An aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic C21H39N7O12 that is produced by a soil… • STREPTOMYCIN n. an antibiotic produced by the soil bacterium Streptomyces griseus, the first drug to be successful against tuberculosis. |
| VANCOMYCIN | • vancomycin n. (Pharmacology) A glycopeptide antibiotic C66H75Cl2N9O24 produced by the actinomycete Amycolaptosis orientalis… • VANCOMYCIN n. an antibiotic drug obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces orientalis, used against bacteria that are resistant to other antibiotics. |
| VIOMYCIN | • viomycin n. (Pharmacology) An antibiotic, of complex structure, derived from the actinomycete Streptomyces puniceus. • VIOMYCIN n. a drug used in the treatment of TB. |