Etymology

-mycin

Today it means: Used to form names of antibiotics produced by Streptomyces strains. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μύκης
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-mycin · suffix1

From streptomycin.

-mycin · suffix2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμύκης“fungus”
  2. English today-mycin

From Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “fungus”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμύκης all →

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