spec·ti·no·my·cin 
(spĕk′tə-nō-mīsĭn)
(spĕk′tə-nō-mīsĭn)n.
A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C14H24N2O7, obtained from a species of gram-negative bacteria (Streptomyces spectabilis) or produced synthetically and used in its hydrochloride form especially in the treatment of penicillin-resistant gonorrhea.
[New Latin spect(ābilis), specific epithet (from Latin, visible, from spectāre, to watch; see SPECTACLE) + (ACT)INOMYCIN.]
- chloride
- chloride of lime
- chloridic
- chlorinate
- chlorinated lime
- chlorination
- chlorinator
- chlorine
- chlorinity
- chlorite
- chlorite
- chloritic
- chloro-
- chlorobenzene
- chlorocarbon
- chlorofluorocarbon
- chloroform
- chlorohydrin
- chlorophyll
- chlorophyllous
- chlorophyte
- chloropicrin
- chloroplast
- chloroplastic
- chloroplastid