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chalcomycin

chalcomycin noun: a particular macrolide antibiotic.

Noun

chalcomycin (uncountable)

  1. A particular macrolide antibiotic

Origin of chalcomycin

From chalco- + -mycin.

Questions about chalcomycin

What does chalcomycin mean?
Chalcomycin means a particular macrolide antibiotic.
What part of speech is chalcomycin?
Chalcomycin is a noun.

Words near chalcomycin in the dictionary

  1. chalcohalide
  2. chalcohalides
  3. chalcolite
  4. Chalcolithic
  5. chalcomenite
  6. chalcomycin
  7. chalconaringenin
  8. chalconatronite
  9. chalcone
  10. chalcones
  11. chalconoid

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