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tigecycline

tigecycline noun: a glycylcycline antibiotic.

Noun

tigecycline (uncountable)

  1. A glycylcycline antibiotic.

Origin of tigecycline

According to the brand name Tygacil, may comes from (bu)ty(l) + g(lycyl) + a(mino)- + -cycline (“tetracycline derivative”).

Questions about tigecycline

What does tigecycline mean?
Tigecycline means a glycylcycline antibiotic.
What part of speech is tigecycline?
Tigecycline is a noun.

Words near tigecycline in the dictionary

  1. Tigbao
  2. Tigbawan
  3. Tigbawon
  4. tige
  5. tigecyclin
  6. tigecycline
  7. tigella
  8. tigellae
  9. tigelle
  10. tigelles
  11. tigellus

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