hygromycin

English

Etymology

From hygro- +‎ -mycin, from the taxonomic designator hygroscopicus.

Noun

hygromycin (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from a strain of Streptomyces hygroscopicus
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