rifamycin

English

Etymology

From French Rif(ifi) (“a French crime film”) +‎ am(ino)- +‎ -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Noun

rifamycin (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

rifa- (“antibiotic”)

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