Virginiamycin

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    An antibiotic, used in agriculture and in the fuel ethanol industry to prevent microbial contamination. uncountable

Etymology

From translingual virginiae + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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