viomycin

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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Noun

viomycin (countable and uncountable, plural viomycins)

1. (pharmacology) An antibiotic, of complex structure, derived from the actinomycete Streptomyces puniceus.