CYCLOSERINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cycloserine mean? 

• CYCLOSERINE (noun)
  The noun CYCLOSERINE has 1 sense:

1. an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus

  Familiarity information: CYCLOSERINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYCLOSERINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cycloserine" is a kind of...):

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

 Context examples 

D-cycloserine is a type of antibiotic.

(Cycloserine, NCI Dictionary)

D-cycloserine interferes with bacterial cell wall synthesis by competitively inhibiting two enzymes, L-alanine racemase and D-alanine:D-alanine ligase, thereby impairing peptidoglycan formation necessary for bacterial cell wall synthesis.

(Cycloserine, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, D-cycloserine is an excitatory amino acid and partial agonist at the glycine binding site of the NMDA receptor in the central nervous system (CNS); binding to the central NMDA receptor may result in amelioration of neuropathic pain.

(Cycloserine, NCI Thesaurus)