noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A certain antibiotic. uncountable
2. 2
   an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

antibioticneobioticneomycinpenicillin

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