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bacillin

bacillin noun: an antibiotic, produced by Bacillus subtilis, that is active against many types of bacterium.

Noun

bacillin (uncountable)

  1. An antibiotic, produced by Bacillus subtilis, that is active against many types of bacterium.

Origin of bacillin

Bacillus + -in

Words formed from bacillin

Questions about bacillin

What does bacillin mean?
Bacillin means an antibiotic, produced by Bacillus subtilis, that is active against many types of bacterium.
What part of speech is bacillin?
Bacillin is a noun.

Words near bacillin in the dictionary

  1. bacilliculture
  2. bacillicultures
  3. bacilliferous
  4. bacilliform
  5. bacilliforms
  6. bacillin
  7. bacillithiol
  8. bacillo-
  9. bacillolysin
  10. bacillomycin
  11. bacillomycins

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