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demecycline

demecycline noun: a tetracycline antibiotic, 6-desmethyltetracycline.

Noun

demecycline (uncountable)

  1. A tetracycline antibiotic, 6-desmethyltetracycline.

Origin of demecycline

From de(s)me(thyl) + -cycline (“tetracycline derivative”).

Questions about demecycline

What does demecycline mean?
Demecycline means a tetracycline antibiotic, 6-desmethyltetracycline.
What part of speech is demecycline?
Demecycline is a noun.

Words near demecycline in the dictionary

  1. demechanized
  2. demechanizes
  3. demechanizing
  4. demeclocycline
  5. demecolcine
  6. demecycline
  7. DeMedeiros
  8. DeMedeiroses
  9. demedicalisation
  10. demedicalise
  11. demedicalised

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