"tetracycline" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌtɛ.tɹəˈsaɪ.kliːn/ Forms: tetracyclines [plural], tet [abbreviation]
Etymology: From tetracyclic + -ine. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|tetracyclic|-ine}} tetracyclic + -ine Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tetracycline (countable and uncountable, plural tetracyclines)
  1. (pharmacology, uncountable) A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ produced by streptomyces or synthetically. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Translations (antibiotic produced by bacteria): tetrasykliini (Finnish), tétracycline [feminine] (French), τετρακυκλίνη (tetrakyklíni) [feminine] (Greek), tetraciklin (Hungarian), тетрацикли́н (tetraciklín) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tetracycline-en-noun-yCKoWtpn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with tetra-, English terms suffixed with -ine Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tetra-: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ine: 57 43 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences Disambiguation of 'antibiotic produced by bacteria': 73 27
  2. (pharmacology, countable) Any of a large group of antibiotics with the same general structure derived from tetracene with many hydroxyl and other groups. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Translations (antibiotic with the same general structure): tétracycline [feminine] (French), τετρακυκλίνη (tetrakyklíni) [feminine] (Greek), tetraciklin (Hungarian), тетрацикли́н (tetraciklín) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tetracycline-en-noun-dGTAhi22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with tetra- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tetra-: 50 50 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences Disambiguation of 'antibiotic with the same general structure': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -cycline (english: antibiotic, protein synthesis inhibitor), chlortetracycline, oxytetracycline, rolitetracycline

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