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spectinomycin

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Etymology edit

From translingual spect(abilis) +‎ [Term?] +‎ -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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Noun edit

spectinomycin (countable and uncountable, plural spectinomycins)

  1. (pharmacology) An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis.
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