erythromycin
noun
eryth·ro·my·cin i-ˌrith-rə-ˈmī-sᵊn 
: a broad-spectrum antibiotic C37H67NO13 produced by an actinomycete (Saccharopolyspora erythraea synonym Streptomyces erythraeus) and administered orally or topically
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Antibiotics are used to treat donovanosis, including azithromycin, doxycycline, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. 
Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021 Instead, both the artificial and natural nests were rich in Pseudonocardiaceae and Streptomycetaceae, bacterial families that produce many common antibiotics, including erythromycin. Stephenie Livingston, Science | AAAS, 15 Sep. 2020 Some examples of topical antibiotics are erythromycin and clindamycin. Kristin Koch, Seventeen, 1 Aug. 2020 The antibiotics facing export limits are tinidazole, metronidazole, chloramphenicol, erythromycin salts, neomycin, clindamycin salts and ornidazole. Vindu Goel, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020 British researchers studied more than 180,000 children whose mothers were prescribed either penicillin or one of the macrolide antibiotics — such as erythromycin, clarithromycin or azithromycin — during or up to a year before pregnancy. Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020 In 2005, Sweden warned against the use of the macrolide erythromycin during the first trimester of pregnancy after a report found a link between the medicine and heart defects, the study said. Gisela Crespo, CNN, 19 Feb. 2020 But doctors often use erythromycin and azithromycin to treat the condition, especially for people allergic to penicillin. Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2019 Nearly half of bacteria gathered in public settings around the city were resistant to two or more commonly used antibiotics, like penicillin and erythromycin. Christopher Intagliata reports. Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2019 See More
Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021 Instead, both the artificial and natural nests were rich in Pseudonocardiaceae and Streptomycetaceae, bacterial families that produce many common antibiotics, including erythromycin. Stephenie Livingston, Science | AAAS, 15 Sep. 2020 Some examples of topical antibiotics are erythromycin and clindamycin. Kristin Koch, Seventeen, 1 Aug. 2020 The antibiotics facing export limits are tinidazole, metronidazole, chloramphenicol, erythromycin salts, neomycin, clindamycin salts and ornidazole. Vindu Goel, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020 British researchers studied more than 180,000 children whose mothers were prescribed either penicillin or one of the macrolide antibiotics — such as erythromycin, clarithromycin or azithromycin — during or up to a year before pregnancy. Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020 In 2005, Sweden warned against the use of the macrolide erythromycin during the first trimester of pregnancy after a report found a link between the medicine and heart defects, the study said. Gisela Crespo, CNN, 19 Feb. 2020 But doctors often use erythromycin and azithromycin to treat the condition, especially for people allergic to penicillin. Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2019 Nearly half of bacteria gathered in public settings around the city were resistant to two or more commonly used antibiotics, like penicillin and erythromycin. Christopher Intagliata reports. Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
erythromycin
noun
eryth·ro·my·cin i-ˌrith-rə-ˈmīs-ᵊn
: a broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotic C37H67NO13 that is produced by an actinomycetous bacterium (Saccharopolyspora erythraea synonym Streptomyces erythraeus), resembles penicillin in antibacterial activity, and is used (as in the form of its estolate or stearate) to treat bacterial infections or sometimes infections caused by other microbes (as amoebas)
Note: Erythromycin may be administered orally, topically, or by injection.