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STREPTOTHRICIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A basic antibiotic derived from a soil actinomycete
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("streptothricin" is a kind of...):
antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)