"puromycin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: puromycins [plural]
Etymology: From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”). Etymology templates: {{af|en||-mycin|t2=antibiotic}} [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} puromycin (countable and uncountable, plural puromycins)
  1. (pharmacology) An antibiotic that is a strong inhibitor of protein translation. Wikipedia link: puromycin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Related terms: antipuromycin, puromycylated, puromycylation, ribopuromycin
    Sense id: en-puromycin-en-noun-daWpZz1C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -mycin Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

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