rifamycin
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From French Rififi (“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”)