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gentamicins

gentamicins is the plural of gentamicin.

Meaning of gentamicin

Noun

gentamicin (countable and uncountable, plural gentamicins)

  1. A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic mixture, derived from an actinomycete (Micromonospora echinospora), extensively used as the sulfate in treating severe systemic bacterial infections (as of the urinary tract); (3R,4R,5R)-2-{[(1S,2S,3R,4S,6R)-4,6-diamino-3-{[(2R,3R,6S)-3-amino-6-[(1R)-1-(methylamino)ethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy}-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxy}-5-methyl-4-(methylamino)oxane-3,5-diol.

Questions about gentamicins

What is gentamicins the plural of?
Gentamicins is the plural of gentamicin.

Words near gentamicins in the dictionary

  1. Genson
  2. Gensons
  3. gent
  4. genta
  5. gentamicin
  6. gentamicins
  7. gentamycin
  8. gentamycine
  9. genteel
  10. genteel business
  11. genteel lady

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