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rifamycins

rifamycins is the plural of rifamycin.

Meaning of rifamycin

Noun

rifamycin (uncountable)

  1. Any of a group of antibiotics, a subclass of the ansamycins, which are synthesized either naturally by the bacterium Amycolatopsis mediterranei or artificially.

Questions about rifamycins

What is rifamycins the plural of?
Rifamycins is the plural of rifamycin.

Words near rifamycins in the dictionary

  1. rifampicin
  2. rifampicins
  3. rifampin
  4. rifampins
  5. rifamycin
  6. rifamycins
  7. rifapentene
  8. rifapentine
  9. RIFAs
  10. rifaximin
  11. rife

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