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metalloantibiotic

metalloantibiotic noun: any antibiotic that contains a metal atom.

Noun

metalloantibiotic (plural metalloantibiotics)

  1. Any antibiotic that contains a metal atom

Forms of metalloantibiotic

pluralmetalloantibiotics

Origin of metalloantibiotic

From metallo- + antibiotic.

Questions about metalloantibiotic

What does metalloantibiotic mean?
Metalloantibiotic means any antibiotic that contains a metal atom.
What part of speech is metalloantibiotic?
Metalloantibiotic is a noun.
What is the plural of metalloantibiotic?
The plural of metalloantibiotic is metalloantibiotics.

Words near metalloantibiotic in the dictionary

  1. metalloalkyls
  2. metalloaminopeptidase
  3. metalloaminopeptidases
  4. metalloamphiphile
  5. metalloamphiphiles
  6. metalloantibiotic
  7. metalloantibiotics
  8. metalloantibodies
  9. metalloantibody
  10. metalloaryl
  11. metalloaryls

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