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spectinomycin

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spec·​ti·​no·​my·​cin | \ ˌspek-tə-nō-ˈmī-sᵊn How to pronounce spectinomycin (audio) \

Definition of spectinomycin

: a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C14H24N2O7 produced by a bacterium (Streptomyces spectabilis) that is used clinically especially in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea

Examples of spectinomycin in a Sentence

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 The only antibiotic the strain showed susceptibility to in the lab tests was spectinomycin, which doctors prescribed next. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "How Worried Do You Really Need to Be About So-Called ‘Super Gonorrhea'?," 31 May 2018

First Known Use of spectinomycin

1964, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for spectinomycin

spect- (from New Latin spectabilis, specific epithet of Streptomyces spectabilis) + actinomycin

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spectinomycin

noun
spec·​ti·​no·​my·​cin | \ ˌspek-tə-nō-ˈmīs-ᵊn How to pronounce spectinomycin (audio) \

Medical Definition of spectinomycin

: a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from a bacterium of the genus Streptomyces (S. spectabilis) that is used clinically especially in the form of its hydrated dihydrochloride C14H24N2O7·2HCl·5H2O to treat gonorrhea

— called also actinospectacin

— see trobicin

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