enramycin
English edit
Etymology edit
From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
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Noun edit
enramycin (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A polypeptide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces fungicidicus and widely used as a feed additive for pigs and chickens to prevent necrotic enteritis induced by Gram-positive gut pathogens.