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chlortetracyclines

chlortetracyclines is the plural of chlortetracycline.

Meaning of chlortetracycline

Noun

chlortetracycline (countable and uncountable, plural chlortetracyclines)

  1. A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₃ClN₂O₈ (trademark Aureomycin) of the tetracycline group that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Kitasatospora aureofaciens), active against many bacterial and fungal infections, and is sometimes used in animal feeds to stimulate growth.

Questions about chlortetracyclines

What is chlortetracyclines the plural of?
Chlortetracyclines is the plural of chlortetracycline.

Words near chlortetracyclines in the dictionary

  1. chlorsulfonic
  2. chlorsulfuron
  3. chlorsulphuron
  4. chlortalidone
  5. chlortetracycline
  6. chlortetracyclines
  7. chlorthalidone
  8. chlorthenoxazine
  9. chlorthiamide
  10. chlorthymol
  11. chlortoluron

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