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gentamicin

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdʒɛntəˈmaɪsɪn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jen′tə mī′sin)

gen•ta•mi•cin ( jen′tə mī′sin),USA pronunciation n. [Pharm.]

Drugsa highly toxic broad-spectrum antibiotic mixture of related aminoglycoside substances derived from the actinomycete bacterium Micromonospora purpurea, used in its sulfate form in the treatment of severe Gram-negative infections.

1963; respelling, respelled of gentamycin, probably equivalent. to gent(ian violet) + -a- (as in kanamycin) + -mycin; so called from the color of the source bacterium

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gentamicin /ˌdʒɛntəˈmaɪsɪn/ n

a broad-spectrum antibiotic used in the treatment of serious infections

Etymology: 20th Century: from genta (of unknown origin) + -mycin

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