kanamycin
/ˌkæn.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/
kanamycin noun: a broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
Noun
kanamycin (countable and uncountable, plural kanamycins)
- A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
kanamycin meaning in Tamil
kanamycin in Tamil
- கெனாமைசின்
Forms of kanamycin
| plural | kanamycins |
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Origin of kanamycin
From (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain”). The term kanamyceticus may comes from From Japanese 金 (kana-, “metal, money”) + Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs) + Latin -icus.
Words formed from kanamycin
Questions about kanamycin
- What does kanamycin mean?
- Kanamycin means a broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
- What is kanamycin in Tamil?
- Kanamycin in Tamil is கெனாமைசின். See Kanamycin meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is kanamycin?
- Kanamycin is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kanamycin?
- Kanamycin is pronounced /ˌkæn.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/.
- What is the plural of kanamycin?
- The plural of kanamycin is kanamycins.
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