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tetracyclines

tetracyclines is the plural 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.

Questions about tetracyclines

What is tetracyclines the plural of?
Tetracyclines is the plural of tetracycline.

Words near tetracyclines in the dictionary

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

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