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carbomycin

carbomycin noun: a crystalline macrolide antibiotic with the molecular formula C₄₂H₆₇NO₁₆, derived from the bacterium Streptomyces halstedii.

Noun

carbomycin (uncountable)

  1. A crystalline macrolide antibiotic with the molecular formula C₄₂H₆₇NO₁₆, derived from the bacterium Streptomyces halstedii.
    Synonyms:
    magnamycin

Synonyms of carbomycin

Origin of carbomycin

A neologism mimicking the names of other antibiotics. By surface analysis, carbo- (“carbon”) + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Questions about carbomycin

What does carbomycin mean?
Carbomycin means a crystalline macrolide antibiotic with the molecular formula C₄₂H₆₇NO₁₆, derived from the bacterium Streptomyces halstedii.
What part of speech is carbomycin?
Carbomycin is a noun.

Words near carbomycin in the dictionary

  1. carbomethoxyl
  2. carbomethoxyls
  3. carbomonoxyhaemoglobin
  4. carbomonoxyhemoglobin
  5. carbomorph
  6. carbomycin
  7. carbon
  8. carbon anhydride
  9. carbon arc
  10. carbon arcs
  11. carbon audit

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