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单词 gentamicin
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gentamicin

[ jen-tuh-mahy-sin ]
/ ˌdʒɛn təˈmaɪ sɪn /

noun Pharmacology.

a highly toxic broad-spectrum antibiotic mixture of related aminoglycoside substances derived from the actinomycete bacterium Micromonospora purpurea, used in its sulfate form in the treatment of severe Gram-negative infections.

Origin of gentamicin

First recorded in 1960–65; respelling of gentamycin, probably equivalent to gent(ian violet), so called from the color of the source bacterium + -a- (as in kanamycin) + -mycin;see gentian violet, -mycin

Words nearby gentamicin

gens, gens du monde, genseng, Genseric, gent, gentamicin, gentamicin sulfate, genteel, genteelism, gentian, gentianaceous
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British Dictionary definitions for gentamicin

gentamicin
/ (ˌdʒɛntəˈmaɪsɪn) /

noun

a broad-spectrum antibiotic used in the treatment of serious infections

Word Origin for gentamicin

C20: from genta (of unknown origin) + -mycin
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