HYDROXYTETRACYCLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydroxytetracycline mean? 

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

1. a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROXYTETRACYCLINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hydroxytetracycline; oxytetracycline; oxytetracycline hydrochloride; Terramycin

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

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