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lincosamide

lincosamide noun: any of a class of antibiotics including lincomycin and clindamycin.

Noun

lincosamide (plural lincosamides)

  1. Any of a class of antibiotics including lincomycin and clindamycin.

Forms of lincosamide

plurallincosamides

Origin of lincosamide

From linco(mycin)[Term?] + -amide.

Questions about lincosamide

What does lincosamide mean?
Lincosamide means any of a class of antibiotics including lincomycin and clindamycin.
What part of speech is lincosamide?
Lincosamide is a noun.
What is the plural of lincosamide?
The plural of lincosamide is lincosamides.

Words near lincosamide in the dictionary

  1. Lincolnton
  2. Lincolnville
  3. lincomycin
  4. lincomycins
  5. lincomysin
  6. lincosamide
  7. lincosamides
  8. lincRNA
  9. lincRNAs
  10. Lincroft
  11. lincrusta

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