GRAMICIDIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gramicidin mean? 

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

1. an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAMICIDIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

antiseptic (a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues)

 Context examples 

Gramicidin is active against most Gram-positive bacteria and against select Gram-negative organisms.

(Gramicidin, NCI Thesaurus)