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polymyxins

polymyxins is the plural 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

Questions about polymyxins

What is polymyxins the plural of?
Polymyxins is the plural of polymyxin.

Words near polymyxins in the dictionary

  1. polymythic
  2. polymythical
  3. polymythy
  4. polymyxin
  5. polymyxin E
  6. polymyxins
  7. polyna
  8. polynandrian
  9. polynas
  10. polyneddylated
  11. polyneddylation

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