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thienamycin

thienamycin noun: one of the most potent naturally-produced antibiotics known, first obtained from Streptomyces cattleya in 1976.

Noun

thienamycin (countable and uncountable, plural thienamycins)

  1. One of the most potent naturally-produced antibiotics known, first obtained from Streptomyces cattleya in 1976.

Forms of thienamycin

pluralthienamycins

Questions about thienamycin

What does thienamycin mean?
Thienamycin means one of the most potent naturally-produced antibiotics known, first obtained from Streptomyces cattleya in 1976.
What part of speech is thienamycin?
Thienamycin is a noun.
What is the plural of thienamycin?
The plural of thienamycin is thienamycins.

Words near thienamycin in the dictionary

  1. Thieman
  2. Thiemann
  3. Thiemans
  4. Thiems
  5. Thien
  6. thienamycin
  7. thienamycins
  8. Thiene
  9. thieno
  10. thienobenzodiazepine
  11. thienobenzodiazepines

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