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hydroxymycin

hydroxymycin noun: an antibiotic that is active against Trichomonas vaginalis.

Noun

hydroxymycin (uncountable)

  1. An antibiotic that is active against Trichomonas vaginalis.
    • Hydroxymycin shares with paromomycin (Humatin) the property of slow activity; both substances immobilized trichomonads, if at all, only after long exposure […]2013, R. J. Schnitzer, Frank Hawking, Experimental Chemotherapy, page 303

Questions about hydroxymycin

What does hydroxymycin mean?
Hydroxymycin means an antibiotic that is active against Trichomonas vaginalis.
What part of speech is hydroxymycin?
Hydroxymycin is a noun.

Words near hydroxymycin in the dictionary

  1. hydroxymethyls
  2. hydroxymethylsulfonate
  3. hydroxymethyltransferase
  4. hydroxymethyltransferases
  5. hydroxymidazolam
  6. hydroxymycin
  7. hydroxymyristic acid
  8. hydroxynaphthalene
  9. hydroxynaphthalenes
  10. hydroxynaphthalenesulfonic acid
  11. hydroxynaphthalenesulfonic acids

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