Meanings
nounspectinomycin (countable and uncountable, plural spectinomycins)
plural spectinomycins
- countableuncountablemedicineAn aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis.
Origin
From translingual spect(abilis)[Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
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