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nigericin

nigericin noun: an antibiotic, similar to monensin, obtained from Streptomyces hygroscopicus.

Noun

nigericin (countable and uncountable, plural nigericins)

  1. An antibiotic, similar to monensin, obtained from Streptomyces hygroscopicus

Forms of nigericin

pluralnigericins

Questions about nigericin

What does nigericin mean?
Nigericin means an antibiotic, similar to monensin, obtained from Streptomyces hygroscopicus.
What part of speech is nigericin?
Nigericin is a noun.
What is the plural of nigericin?
The plural of nigericin is nigericins.

Words near nigericin in the dictionary

  1. Nigerianized
  2. Nigerianizes
  3. Nigerianizing
  4. Nigerianness
  5. Nigerians
  6. nigericin
  7. nigericins
  8. Nigerien
  9. Nigeriens
  10. Nigerio-
  11. nigerite

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