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AUREOMYCIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aureomycin mean?
• AUREOMYCIN (noun)
The noun AUREOMYCIN has 1 sense:
1. a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
Familiarity information: AUREOMYCIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Aureomycin; chlortetracycline
Hypernyms ("Aureomycin" is a kind of...):
antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)
Domain usage:
trade name (a name given to a product or service)
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