polymyxin

noun

Meaning

Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections by gram-negative bacteria

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Related words

neomycin(English)polymixin(English)polymyxin e(English)myxopyronin(English)oligomycin(English)bioxalomycin(English)mattacin(English)moenomycin(English)

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