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pleuromutilin

pleuromutilin noun: any of a class of antibacterial drugs that inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria by binding to a peptidyltransferase component within a ribosome.

Noun

pleuromutilin (countable and uncountable, plural pleuromutilins)

  1. Any of a class of antibacterial drugs that inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria by binding to a peptidyltransferase component within a ribosome.

Forms of pleuromutilin

pluralpleuromutilins

Questions about pleuromutilin

What does pleuromutilin mean?
Pleuromutilin means any of a class of antibacterial drugs that inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria by binding to a peptidyltransferase component within a ribosome.
What part of speech is pleuromutilin?
Pleuromutilin is a noun.
What is the plural of pleuromutilin?
The plural of pleuromutilin is pleuromutilins.

Words near pleuromutilin in the dictionary

  1. pleurokinetic
  2. pleurolith
  3. pleuroliths
  4. pleurolophocercous
  5. pleuromeiaceous
  6. pleuromutilin
  7. pleuromutilins
  8. pleuron
  9. pleuronectid
  10. pleuronectids
  11. pleuronectiform

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