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SUBTILIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subtilin mean?
• SUBTILIN (noun)
The noun SUBTILIN has 1 sense:
1. a polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium
Familiarity information: SUBTILIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("subtilin" 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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