netilmicin

English

Chemical structure of netilmicin

Etymology

Contraction of N-ethylsisomicin.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛt.əlˈmaɪ.sn̩/

Noun

netilmicin (countable and uncountable, plural netilmicins)

1. (pharmacology) An aminoglycoside antibiotic used in the treatment of serious infections, particularly those resistant to gentamicin.