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validamycin

validamycin noun: an antibiotic and fungicide produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus, used as an inhibitor of trehalase.

Noun

validamycin (countable and uncountable, plural validamycins)

  1. An antibiotic and fungicide produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus, used as an inhibitor of trehalase.

Forms of validamycin

pluralvalidamycins

Origin of validamycin

Possibly valid or validate + -a- + -mycin

Questions about validamycin

What does validamycin mean?
Validamycin means an antibiotic and fungicide produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus, used as an inhibitor of trehalase.
What part of speech is validamycin?
Validamycin is a noun.
What is the plural of validamycin?
The plural of validamycin is validamycins.

Words near validamycin in the dictionary

  1. valid
  2. valid name
  3. valid names
  4. valid time
  5. valid times
  6. validamycin
  7. validamycins
  8. validatable
  9. validate
  10. validated
  11. validates

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