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nistatine

nistatine is the alternative form of nystatin.

Meaning of nystatin

Noun

nystatin (countable and uncountable, plural nystatins)

  1. An antifungal drug that is derived from a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces noursei) used especially against Candida.

Forms of nistatine

pluralnistatines

Questions about nistatine

What is nistatine the alternative form of?
Nistatine is the alternative form of nystatin.

Words near nistatine in the dictionary

  1. Nissley
  2. Nissleys
  3. nissonite
  4. Nisswa
  5. NIST
  6. nistatine
  7. nistatines
  8. Nistler
  9. Nistlers
  10. Nistorești
  11. Nists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nistatine (page history and authors); nystatin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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