hydroxymycin

English

Noun

hydroxymycin (uncountable)

1. An antibiotic that is active against Trichomonas vaginalis.
   • 2013, R. J. Schnitzer, Frank Hawking, Experimental Chemotherapy, page 303:

     Hydroxymycin shares with paromomycin (Humatin) the property of slow activity; both substances immobilized trichomonads, if at all, only after long exposure […]