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From translingual spect(abilis)[Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
spectinomycin
Today it means: An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis. Full definition →
Today it means: An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis. Full definition →
From translingual spect(abilis)[Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.