virginiamycin

English

Etymology

From translingual virginiae +‎ -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Noun

virginiamycin (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) An antibiotic, used in agriculture and in the fuel ethanol industry to prevent microbial contamination.

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