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Neomycin

//ˌniː.ə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪ.sɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic related to streptomycin that is produced by a streptomyces (Streptomyces fradiae) and used medically especially to treat local infections. countable, uncountable

    "The bowel is prepared preoperatively with neomycin and sulfathalidine. A wide transverse lower abdominal incision is used."

  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

Etymology

From neo- + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

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