Etymology

teixobactin

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Today it means: An antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in soil, thought to be unlikely to lead to the development of resistance in pathogens. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τεῖχος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτεῖχος“wall”
  2. English todayteixobactin

Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) + -bactin, pertaining to a cell wall (broken down by the antibiotic).

Words from the same roots

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