hygromycin

English edit

Etymology edit

hygro- +‎ -mycin, from the taxonomic designator hygroscopicus.

Noun edit

hygromycin (uncountable)

(medicine) A broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from a strain of Streptomyces hygroscopicus

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