ERYTHROMYCIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erythromycin mean? 

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

1. an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERYTHROMYCIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

E-Mycin; Erythrocin; erythromycin; Ethril; Ilosone; Pediamycin

Hypernyms ("erythromycin" 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 

Erythromycin stearate diffuses through the bacterial cell membrane and reversibly binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome.

(Erythromycin Stearate, NCI Thesaurus)

Erythromycin lactobionate diffuses through the bacterial cell membrane and reversibly binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome.

(Erythromycin Lactobionate, NCI Thesaurus)

An azalide, derived from erythromycin, and a member of a subclass of macrolide antibiotics with bacteriocidal and bacteriostatic activities.

(Azithromycin, NCI Thesaurus)

A topical cream formulation containing the broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotic erythromycin with anti-bacterial activity.

(Erythromycin Topical Cream, NCI Thesaurus)

The phosphate salt form of oleandomycin, a macrolide antibiotic similar to erythromycin with antimicrobial activity.

(Oleandomycin Phosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

A macrolide antibiotic similar to erythromycin with antimicrobial activity.

(Oleandomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, urease negative, does not hydrolyze carbohydrates, gelatin, or casein, and is sensitive to penicillin, erythromycin and aminoglycosides.

(Mycoplasma orale, NCI Thesaurus)

Erythromycin ethylsuccinate may be bacteriostatic or bactericidal in action, depending on the concentration of the drug at the site of infection and the susceptibility of the organism involved.

(Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate, NCI Thesaurus)

The lauryl sulfate ester of propionyl erythromycin, a broad-spectrum, topical macrolide antibiotic with antibacterial activity.

(Erythromycin Estolate, NCI Thesaurus)

Erythromycin A is considered its major active component.

(Erythromycin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)