rifamycin
English edit
Etymology edit
From French Rif(ifi) (“a French crime film”) + am(ino)- + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Noun edit
rifamycin (uncountable)
- (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 edit
- rifa- (“antibiotic”)