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colistins

colistins is the plural of colistin.

Meaning of colistin

Noun

colistin (usually uncountable, plural colistins)

  1. (usually) A polymixin antibiotic effective against a range of gram-negative bacteria, sometimes considered a last-resort antibiotic.
    • It's the first time this colistin-resistant strain has been found in a person in the United States.2016, "The superbug that doctors have been dreading just reached the U.S.", The Washington Post, Lena H. Sun and Brady Dennis, May 26
    Synonyms:
    polymyxin E

Questions about colistins

What is colistins the plural of?
Colistins is the plural of colistin.

Words near colistins in the dictionary

  1. coliseum
  2. coliseum ivy
  3. coliseums
  4. colistimethate
  5. colistin
  6. colistins
  7. colita
  8. colitas
  9. colitic
  10. colitides
  11. colitigenic

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