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puromycin

puromycin noun: an antibiotic that is a strong inhibitor of protein translation.

puromycin: an antibiotic that is a strong inhibitor of protein translation
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Noun

puromycin (countable and uncountable, plural puromycins)

  1. An antibiotic that is a strong inhibitor of protein translation.

Forms of puromycin

pluralpuromycins

Origin of puromycin

From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Questions about puromycin

What does puromycin mean?
Puromycin means an antibiotic that is a strong inhibitor of protein translation.
What part of speech is puromycin?
Puromycin is a noun.
What is the plural of puromycin?
The plural of puromycin is puromycins.

Words near puromycin in the dictionary

  1. Purok F
  2. Purok G
  3. Purok H
  4. puroks
  5. puromucous
  6. puromycin
  7. puromycine
  8. puromycins
  9. puromycylated
  10. puromycylation
  11. puroresu

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