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tyrothricin

tyrothricin noun: a mixture of the antibiotics tyrocidine and gramicidin, used topically to treat gram-positive bacterial infections.

Noun

tyrothricin (countable and uncountable, plural tyrothricins)

  1. A mixture of the antibiotics tyrocidine and gramicidin, used topically to treat gram-positive bacterial infections.

Forms of tyrothricin

pluraltyrothricins

Questions about tyrothricin

What does tyrothricin mean?
Tyrothricin means a mixture of the antibiotics tyrocidine and gramicidin, used topically to treat gram-positive bacterial infections.
What part of speech is tyrothricin?
Tyrothricin is a noun.
What is the plural of tyrothricin?
The plural of tyrothricin is tyrothricins.

Words near tyrothricin in the dictionary

  1. tyrosol
  2. tyrosols
  3. tyrosyl
  4. tyrosyl-leucyl-N-methylphenylalanyl-glutaminyl-prolyl-glutaminyl-arginyl-phenylalaninamide
  5. tyrosyls
  6. tyrothricin
  7. tyrothricine
  8. tyrothricins
  9. tyrotoxicon
  10. tyrotoxicons
  11. tyrotoxin

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