"kanamycin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkæn.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/ Forms: kanamycins [plural]
Etymology: From (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain”). Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Streptomyces kanamyceticus|species|(Streptomyces) kana(myceticus)}} (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus), {{af|en|(Streptomyces) kana(myceticus)|-mycin|id2=pertaining to Streptomyces|t2=antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain}} (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kanamycin (countable and uncountable, plural kanamycins)
  1. (pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis. Wikipedia link: kanamycin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Derived forms: bekanamycin, -kacin (english: antibiotic) Translations (Translations): kanamicina [feminine] (Catalan), kanamicin (Hungarian), kanamicina [feminine] (Spanish), канаміци́н (kanamicýn) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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