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lankacidin

lankacidin noun: any of a family of macrolide tetraenes, isolated from Streptomyces, that are antitumor antibiotics.

Noun

lankacidin (plural lankacidins)

  1. Any of a family of macrolide tetraenes, isolated from Streptomyces, that are antitumor antibiotics.

Forms of lankacidin

plurallankacidins

Origin of lankacidin

Derived from Sri Lanka.

Questions about lankacidin

What does lankacidin mean?
Lankacidin means any of a family of macrolide tetraenes, isolated from Streptomyces, that are antitumor antibiotics.
What part of speech is lankacidin?
Lankacidin is a noun.
What is the plural of lankacidin?
The plural of lankacidin is lankacidins.

Words near lankacidin in the dictionary

  1. Lanišće
  2. Lanjeth
  3. lanjiao
  4. lank
  5. Lanka
  6. lankacidin
  7. lankacidins
  8. lankamycin
  9. Lankan
  10. lankanectid
  11. lankanectids

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