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KANAMYCIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kanamycin mean? 

KANAMYCIN (noun)
  The noun KANAMYCIN has 1 sense:

1. antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infectionsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


KANAMYCIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

kanamycin; Kantrex

Hypernyms ("kanamycin" 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 


The sulfate salt form of kanamycin A, the major component of the kanamycin complex, an aminoglycoside antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces kanamyceticus, with antibacterial activity.

(Kanamycin A Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A minor component of the kanamycin complex, an aminoglycoside antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces kanamyceticus, with antibacterial activity.

(Kanamycin C, NCI Thesaurus)

The sulfate salt of kanamycin, a naturally occurring aminoglycoside antibiotic with antimicrobial property.

(Kanamycin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

The major component of the kanamycin complex, an aminoglycoside antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces kanamyceticus, with antibacterial activity.

(Kanamycin A, NCI Thesaurus)

An aminoglycoside antibiotic derived from kanamycin B. Dibekacin is active against bacterial strains that are resistant to kanamycin.

(Dibekacin, NCI Thesaurus)

The sulfate salt form of kanamycin B, a minor component of the kanamycin complex, an aminoglycoside antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces kanamyceticus, with antibacterial activity.

(Bekanamycin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

The sulfate salt of amikacin, a broad-spectrum semi-synthetic aminoglycoside antibiotic, derived from kanamycin with antimicrobial property.

(Amikacin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

An aminoglycoside antibiotic derived from kanamycin A, exhibiting a similar cochlear toxicity profile to that of kanamycin A.

(Butikacin, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad-spectrum semi-synthetic aminoglycoside antibiotic, derived from kanamycin with antimicrobial property.

(Amikacin, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from Streptomyces kanamyceticus, kanamycin is an antibiotic complex consisting of three components: kanamycin A, the major component (also usually designated as kanamycin), and kanamycins B and C, the minor components.

(Kanamycin Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)



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