Demecycline

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tetracycline antibiotic, 6-desmethyltetracycline. uncountable

Etymology

From de(s)me(thyl) + -cycline (“tetracycline derivative”).

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