Tigecycline

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A glycylcycline antibiotic. uncountable

Etymology

According to the brand name Tygacil, may comes from (bu)ty(l) + g(lycyl) + a(mino)- + -cycline (“tetracycline derivative”).

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