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Word: Kanamycin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1950s: from modern Latin Streptomyces kanamyceticus, the name of the source bacterium (see also -mycin)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkanəˈmʌɪsɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from a strain of bacteria.
Short Definition:broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from strain of bacteria
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