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heliomycin

heliomycin noun: a pentacyclic antibiotic 3,5,7,10-tetrahydroxy-1,1,9-trimethyl-2H-benzo(c,d)pyrene-2,6(1H)-dione.

Noun

heliomycin (uncountable)

  1. A pentacyclic antibiotic 3,5,7,10-tetrahydroxy-1,1,9-trimethyl-2H-benzo(c,d)pyrene-2,6(1H)-dione.

Origin of heliomycin

Probably from helio- + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Questions about heliomycin

What does heliomycin mean?
Heliomycin means a pentacyclic antibiotic 3,5,7,10-tetrahydroxy-1,1,9-trimethyl-2H-benzo(c,d)pyrene-2,6(1H)-dione.
What part of speech is heliomycin?
Heliomycin is a noun.

Words near heliomycin in the dictionary

  1. heliometrical
  2. heliometrically
  3. heliometry
  4. heliomicin
  5. heliomicroscopy
  6. heliomycin
  7. helion
  8. helional
  9. helionaut
  10. helionauts
  11. helionium

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