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streptovaricin

streptovaricin noun: any of a group of structurally-related macrolide antibiotics of the ansamycin class.

Noun

streptovaricin (countable and uncountable, plural streptovaricins)

  1. Any of a group of structurally-related macrolide antibiotics of the ansamycin class.

Forms of streptovaricin

pluralstreptovaricins

Origin of streptovaricin

From strepto- + varicin.

Questions about streptovaricin

What does streptovaricin mean?
Streptovaricin means any of a group of structurally-related macrolide antibiotics of the ansamycin class.
What part of speech is streptovaricin?
Streptovaricin is a noun.
What is the plural of streptovaricin?
The plural of streptovaricin is streptovaricins.

Words near streptovaricin in the dictionary

  1. streptothricoses
  2. streptothricosis
  3. streptothricotic
  4. streptothrix
  5. streptothrixes
  6. streptovaricin
  7. streptovaricins
  8. streptovidin
  9. streptozocin
  10. streptozoticin
  11. streptozotocin

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