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canamycin

canamycin is the alternative form of kanamycin.

Meaning of kanamycin

Noun

kanamycin (countable and uncountable, plural kanamycins)

  1. A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.

Forms of canamycin

pluralcanamycins

Questions about canamycin

What is canamycin the alternative form of?
Canamycin is the alternative form of kanamycin.

Words near canamycin in the dictionary

  1. canals of Schlemm
  2. canalside
  3. canalsides
  4. Canaman
  5. CANAMEX
  6. canamycin
  7. canamycins
  8. Canan
  9. Cananaean
  10. Cananaeans
  11. Canandaigua

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