lincomycin

English

Etymology

From translingual (Streptomyces) linco(lnensis) + -mycin (antibiotic derived from a Streptomyces strain).

Noun

lincomycin (countable and uncountable, plural lincomycins)

  1. (pharmacology) A lincosamide antibiotic derived from Streptomyces lincolnensis.

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