Etymology

pirlimycin

P3I1R1L1I1M3Y4C3I1N1

Today it means: A lincosamide antimicrobial used to treat mastitis in cattle. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.