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FRADICIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery
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Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fradicin" is a kind of...):
antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)
antiseptic (a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues)