Etymology

infantaricin

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Today it means: Any of a group of bacteriocins produced by a strain of Streptococcus infantarius Full definition →

translingual Streptococcus infantarius m
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  1. translingual · derived fromStreptococcus infantarius m
  2. English todayinfantaricin

From Latin infantarius m (“infantry”) + -cin (“bacteriocin-forming suffix”), named after translingual Streptococcus infantarius m.

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