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echinocandin

echinocandin noun: any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall.

Noun

echinocandin (plural echinocandins)

  1. Any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall.

Forms of echinocandin

pluralechinocandins

Words formed from echinocandin

Questions about echinocandin

What does echinocandin mean?
Echinocandin means any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall.
What part of speech is echinocandin?
Echinocandin is a noun.
What is the plural of echinocandin?
The plural of echinocandin is echinocandins.

Words near echinocandin in the dictionary

  1. echiniscid
  2. echinital
  3. echinite
  4. echinites
  5. echino-
  6. echinocandin
  7. echinocandins
  8. echinochrome
  9. echinochromes
  10. echinoclasterol
  11. echinoclathriamide

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