Definition of chlortetracycline in English:
chlortetracycline
noun ˌklɔːtɛtrəˈsʌɪkliːnˌklôrtetrəˈsīklēn
mass nounMedicine An antibiotic of the tetracycline group, active against many bacterial and fungal infections.
Example sentencesExamples
- These include the antibiotics polymyxin B sulfate, streptomycin sulfate, chlortetracycline hydrochloride and neomycin sulfate.
- A team of researchers found that adding miniscule amounts of the antibiotic chlortetracycline to chicken feed would do the trick.
- They include chlortetracycline, erythromycin, neomycin, oxytetracycline, penicillin, and penicillin/streptomycin.
- In the early 1980s, Batchelder laced the soil of young greenhouse plants with up to 180 parts per million of chlortetracycline or oxytetracycline, which are common livestock-growth promoters.