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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Complex class of natural antibiotics characterized by a sugar, lipid, and cyclic peptide structure used primarily to fight tough Gram-positive bacterial infections.

Etymology

By surface analysis, glyco- + lipo- + depsi- + peptide.

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