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carbomycin

car·bo·my·cin

uncommon

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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