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hygromycin

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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hygromycin (uncountable)

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