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neomycin

neo·my·cin

UK/ˌniː.ə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪ.sɪn/ US/ˌni.əˈmaɪ.sn̩/ uncommon

noun

1.

an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery

Origin

From neo- + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

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