carbomycin
car·bo·my·cin
noun
1.
a colorless basic antibiotic that inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organisms
Origin
A neologism mimicking the names of other antibiotics. By surface analysis, carbo- (“carbon”) + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
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