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methymycin

methymycin noun: the macrolide antibiotic (3R,4S,5S,7R,9E,11S,12R)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,6R)-4-(dimethylamino)-3-hydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-12-ethyl-11-hydroxy-3,5,7,11-tetramethyl-1-oxacyclododec-9-ene-2,8-dione.

Noun

methymycin (uncountable)

  1. The macrolide antibiotic (3R,4S,5S,7R,9E,11S,12R)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,6R)-4-(dimethylamino)-3-hydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-12-ethyl-11-hydroxy-3,5,7,11-tetramethyl-1-oxacyclododec-9-ene-2,8-dione

Questions about methymycin

What does methymycin mean?
Methymycin means the macrolide antibiotic (3R,4S,5S,7R,9E,11S,12R)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,6R)-4-(dimethylamino)-3-hydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-12-ethyl-11-hydroxy-3,5,7,11-tetramethyl-1-oxacyclododec-9-ene-2,8-dione.
What part of speech is methymycin?
Methymycin is a noun.

Words near methymycin in the dictionary

  1. methyluridines
  2. methylvinyldichlorosilane
  3. methylxanthine
  4. methylxanthines
  5. methylxanthinic
  6. methymycin
  7. methyprylon
  8. methyprylone
  9. methysergide
  10. methystic
  11. methysticin

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