GRAMICIDIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("gramicidin" 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)

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