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erythromycins

erythromycins is the plural of erythromycin.

Meaning of erythromycin

Noun

erythromycin (countable and uncountable, plural erythromycins)

  1. An antibiotic similar to penicillin, used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.
  2. 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.

Questions about erythromycins

What is erythromycins the plural of?
Erythromycins is the plural of erythromycin.

Words near erythromycins in the dictionary

  1. erythromegakaryocytic
  2. erythromelalgia
  3. erythromelia
  4. erythromelias
  5. erythromycin
  6. erythromycins
  7. erythromyeloblastoid
  8. erythromyelocyte
  9. erythromyelocytes
  10. erythromyelocytic
  11. erythromyelogenous

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