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gentamycin

gentamycin is the alternative spelling 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 gentamycin

What is gentamycin the alternative spelling of?
Gentamycin is the alternative spelling of gentamicin.

Words near gentamycin in the dictionary

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

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