Fosmidomycin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An antibiotic, similar to fosfomycin, obtained from Streptomyces bacteria. uncountable

Etymology

From fos- (“phosphorous derivative”) + (a)mido + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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