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monensin

monensin noun: an antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces cinnamonensis.

Noun

monensin (uncountable)

  1. An antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces cinnamonensis.

Origin of monensin

cinnamonensis + -in

Questions about monensin

What does monensin mean?
Monensin means an antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces cinnamonensis.
What part of speech is monensin?
Monensin is a noun.

Words near monensin in the dictionary

  1. Monemvasians
  2. monenergism
  3. monenergist
  4. monenergistic
  5. monenergists
  6. monensin
  7. monepantel
  8. monepic
  9. monepiscopacy
  10. Monepore
  11. moner

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