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spiramycin

spiramycin noun: a macrolide antibiotic used to treat toxoplasmosis.

Noun

spiramycin (countable and uncountable, plural spiramycins)

  1. A macrolide antibiotic used to treat toxoplasmosis.

Forms of spiramycin

pluralspiramycins

Origin of spiramycin

From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Questions about spiramycin

What does spiramycin mean?
Spiramycin means a macrolide antibiotic used to treat toxoplasmosis.
What part of speech is spiramycin?
Spiramycin is a noun.
What is the plural of spiramycin?
The plural of spiramycin is spiramycins.

Words near spiramycin in the dictionary

  1. spirals
  2. spirals of Archimedes
  3. spirals out
  4. spiralwise
  5. spiramide
  6. spiramycin
  7. spiramycins
  8. spiran
  9. spirangle
  10. spirangles
  11. spiranic

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