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macrolide

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macrolide /ˈmakrəˌlīd, ˈmækrəˌlaɪd /
noun any of a class of antibiotics containing a lactone ring, of which the first and best known is erythromycin.
– ORIGIN 1950s : from macro- + l(actone) + -ide.