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polymixin

polymixin is the alternative spelling of polymyxin.

Meaning of polymyxin

Noun

polymyxin (plural polymyxins)

  1. Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections by gram-negative bacteria

Forms of polymixin

pluralpolymixins

Questions about polymixin

What is polymixin the alternative spelling of?
Polymixin is the alternative spelling of polymyxin.

Words near polymixin in the dictionary

  1. polymineralic
  2. polymitosis
  3. polymitotic
  4. polymixiid
  5. polymixiids
  6. polymixin
  7. polymixins
  8. Polymnestor
  9. polymodal
  10. polymodalities
  11. polymodality

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