TYROCIDINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tyrocidine mean? 

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

1. a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYROCIDINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tyrocidin; tyrocidine

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

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

Holonyms ("tyrocidine" is a substance of...):

tyrothricin (a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria)