macrolide

English

Noun

macrolide (plural macrolides)

1. (organic chemistry) a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least ten atoms
2. (medicine) Any of a group of antibiotics having this structure

Hyponyms

• azithromycin
• clarithromycin
• erythromycin
• tacrolimus

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: macrólido m

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• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} makrólíð n
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} macrolide (it) m
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} макроли́д (makrolíd) m (makrolíd (makrolíd))

See also

• butanolide

Anagrams

• decimolar, mediocral

Italian

Etymology

From macro- +‎ -olide.

Noun

macrolide m (plural macrolidi)

1. (organic chemistry, medicine) macrolide

Related terms

• macrolidico