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thienamycins

thienamycins is the plural of thienamycin.

Meaning of thienamycin

Noun

thienamycin (countable and uncountable, plural thienamycins)

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

Questions about thienamycins

What is thienamycins the plural of?
Thienamycins is the plural of thienamycin.

Words near thienamycins in the dictionary

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

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