rifamycin

English

Etymology

From French Rififi (“a French crime film”) +‎ am(ino)- +‎ -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Noun

rifamycin (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) Any of a group of antibiotics, a subclass of the ansamycins, which are synthesized either naturally by the bacterium Amycolatopsis mediterranei or artificially.

Derived terms

• rifa- (“antibiotic”)