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PYOCYANIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pyocyanin mean?
• PYOCYANIN (noun)
The noun PYOCYANIN has 1 sense:
1. a toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus
Familiarity information: PYOCYANIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pyocyanin" is a kind of...):
antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)
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