kanamycinEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishkanamycin /ˌkanəˈmʌɪsɪn / ▸ noun [mass noun] Medicine a broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from a strain of bacteria. – ORIGIN 1950s: from modern Latin Streptomyces kanamyceticus, the name of the source bacterium (see also -mycin).
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