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tetracyclin

tetracyclin is the alternative spelling of tetracycline.

Meaning of tetracycline

Noun

tetracycline (countable and uncountable, plural tetracyclines, abbreviation tet)

  1. (uncountable) A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ produced by streptomyces or synthetically.
  2. (countable) Any of a large group of antibiotics with the same general structure derived from tetracene with many hydroxyl and other groups.

Forms of tetracyclin

pluraltetracyclins

Questions about tetracyclin

What is tetracyclin the alternative spelling of?
Tetracyclin is the alternative spelling of tetracycline.

Words near tetracyclin in the dictionary

  1. tetracyanoquinodimethane
  2. tetracycle
  3. tetracycles
  4. tetracyclic
  5. tetracyclics
  6. tetracyclin
  7. tetracycline
  8. tetracyclines
  9. tetracyclins
  10. tetracyclization
  11. tetracyclizations

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