Etymology

enramycin

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Today it means: A polypeptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces fungicidicus and widely used as a feed additive for pigs and chickens to prevent necrotic enteritis induced by Gram-positive gut pathogens. Full definition →

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The story

From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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