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rifampicins

rifampicins is the plural of rifampicin.

Meaning of rifampicin

Noun

rifampicin (countable and uncountable, plural rifampicins)

  1. A reddish-brown semisynthetic antibiotic C₄₃H₅₈N₄O₁₂ obtained from the bacterium Amycolaptosis mediterranei, used chiefly to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and asymptomatic carriers of meningococci.

Questions about rifampicins

What is rifampicins the plural of?
Rifampicins is the plural of rifampicin.

Words near rifampicins in the dictionary

  1. rifaldazine
  2. rifametane
  3. rifamide
  4. rifamides
  5. rifampicin
  6. rifampicins
  7. rifampin
  8. rifampins
  9. rifamycin
  10. rifamycins
  11. rifapentene

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