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anisomycin

anisomycin noun: an antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces griseolus, which inhibits protein synthesis.

Noun

anisomycin (uncountable)

  1. An antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces griseolus, which inhibits protein synthesis
    Synonyms:
    flagecidin

Synonyms of anisomycin

Origin of anisomycin

From aniso- + -mycin.

Questions about anisomycin

What does anisomycin mean?
Anisomycin means an antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces griseolus, which inhibits protein synthesis.
What part of speech is anisomycin?
Anisomycin is a noun.

Words near anisomycin in the dictionary

  1. anisometry
  2. anisomorphic
  3. anisomorphism
  4. anisomorphisms
  5. anisomyarian
  6. anisomycin
  7. anisomycine
  8. anisomyope
  9. anisomyopes
  10. anisomyopia
  11. anisomyopic

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