erythromycin
/ɪˌɹɪθ.ɹə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪ.sɪn/US/ɪˌɹɪθ.ɹəˈmaɪ.sn̩/
erythromycin noun: an antibiotic similar to penicillin, used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.
Noun
erythromycin (countable and uncountable, plural erythromycins)
- An antibiotic similar to penicillin, used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.
- A broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotic C₃₇H₆₇NO₁₃ produced by an actinomycete Saccharopolyspora erythraea (formerly Streptomyces erythreus) and similar in its effects to penicillin, administered orally or topically in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria.
erythromycin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Odia and Arabic
erythromycin in Hindi
- Translations
- इरिथ्रोमाइसिन irithromāisin
erythromycin in Tamil
- எரித்ரோ மைசின்
erythromycin in Odia
- Translations
- ଏରିଥ୍ରୋମାଇସିନ erithromāisina
erythromycin in Arabic
- Translations
- إِرِيثْرُومِيسِين ʔirīṯrūmīsīn
More languagesFewer languages
- erythromycin in Indonesian
- eritromisin
- erythromycin in Thai
- อิริโทรมัยซิน ì rí toh mai sin
- Dhivehi
- އެރިތްރޯމައިސިން erit̊rōmaisin̊
Forms of erythromycin
| plural | erythromycins |
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Origin of erythromycin
From (Streptomyces) erythr(eus) + -o- + -mycin (“antibiotic from a Streptomyces strain”).
Words formed from erythromycin
- azaerythromycin
- azithromycin
- berythromycin
- clarithromycin
- dirithromycin
- flurithromycin
- gamithromycin
- homoerythromycin
- lexithromycin
- modithromycin
- nafithromycin
- oxoerythromycin
- roxithromycin
- telithromycin
- tulathromycin
Questions about erythromycin
- What does erythromycin mean?
- Erythromycin means an antibiotic similar to penicillin, used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.
- What is erythromycin in Hindi?
- Erythromycin in Hindi is इरिथ्रोमाइसिन (irithromāisin). See Erythromycin meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is erythromycin?
- Erythromycin is a noun.
- How do you pronounce erythromycin?
- Erythromycin is pronounced /ɪˌɹɪθ.ɹə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪ.sɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of erythromycin?
- The plural of erythromycin is erythromycins.
Words near erythromycin in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: erythromycin (page history and authors); erythromycin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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