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lankamycin

lankamycin noun: a macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces violaceusniger (correction of Streptomyces voilaceoniger).

Noun

lankamycin (uncountable)

  1. A macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces violaceusniger (correction of Streptomyces voilaceoniger)

Origin of lankamycin

From Lanka + -mycin, after Sri Lanka.

Questions about lankamycin

What does lankamycin mean?
Lankamycin means a macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces violaceusniger (correction of Streptomyces voilaceoniger).
What part of speech is lankamycin?
Lankamycin is a noun.

Words near lankamycin in the dictionary

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

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