Meanings
nounsalinomycin (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineAn antibacterial and coccidiostat ionophore therapeutic drug.
An investigation showed that the camels had been poisoned by fodder contaminated with an antibiotic called salinomycin, often added to chicken feed but poisonous to camels.
2008 March 17, Katherine Zoepf, “Camels Go Easily Through the Eyes of Admirers”, in New York Times
Origin
From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
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