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VIOCIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Viocin mean?
• VIOCIN (noun)
The noun VIOCIN has 1 sense:
1. a basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis
Familiarity information: VIOCIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Viocin; viomycin
Hypernyms ("Viocin" 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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