-kacin
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Etymology edit
Contraction of kanamycin.
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Suffix edit
-kacin
- (pharmacology) Used to form names of kanamycin and bekanamycin derivatives (obtained from Streptomyces kanamyceticus) used as antibiotics.
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- The use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances[1], Geneva: World Health Organization, 2018