macrolide

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Noun

macrolide (plural macrolides)

  1. (organic chemistry) a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least ten atoms
  2. (medicine) Any of a group of antibiotics having this structure

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Italian

Etymology

From macro- +‎ -olide.

Noun

macrolide m (plural macrolidi)

  1. (organic chemistry, medicine) macrolide

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