noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A heterogeneous combination of six antibiotic peptides; the individual peptides themselves countable, uncountable
2. 2
   an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

alcoholantibioticantisepticiodinepenicillin

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