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gentamycine

gentamycine is the alternative form 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 gentamycine

What is gentamycine the alternative form of?
Gentamycine is the alternative form of gentamicin.

Words near gentamycine in the dictionary

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

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