gentamicin

English

Chemical structure of gentamicin

Alternative forms

• gentamycin

Etymology

Alteration of gentamycin, as a blend of gentian violet +‎ kanamycin, from the color of the actinomycete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛn.təˈmaɪ.sɪn/

Noun

gentamicin (countable and uncountable, plural gentamicins)

1. (biochemistry, pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic mixture, derived from an actinomycete (Micromonospora echinospora), extensively used as the sulfate in treating severe systemic bacterial infections (as of the urinary tract); (3R,4R,5R)-2-{[(1S,2S,3R,4S,6R)-4,6-diamino-3-{[(2R,3R,6S)-3-amino-6-[(1R)-1-(methylamino)ethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy}-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxy}-5-methyl-4-(methylamino)oxane-3,5-diol.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慶大黴素／庆大霉素 (zh) (qìngdàméisù)

• Italian: gentamicina (it) f
• Portuguese: gentamicina f
• Spanish: gentamicina f

References

• “gentamicin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “gentamicin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “gentamicin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.