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Chlortetracycline

//ˌklɔː.tɛ.tɹəˈsʌɪ.kliːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₃ClN₂O₈ (trademark Aureomycin) of the tetracycline group that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Kitasatospora aureofaciens), active against many bacterial and fungal infections, and is sometimes used in animal feeds to stimulate growth. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases wordnet

Etymology

From chlor- + tetracycline.

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