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Contraction of kanamycin.
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Today it means: Used to form names of kanamycin and bekanamycin derivatives (obtained from Streptomyces kanamyceticus) used as antibiotics. Full definition →
Contraction of kanamycin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.