ristocetin
/ˌrɪstə(ʊ)ˈsiːtɪn/Pharmacology
noun
An antibiotic structurally related to vancomycin, obtained from the fermentation products of the actinomycete Nocardia lurida and now used mainly for the laboratory investigation of blood platelet function; (more fully ristocetin A, ristocetin B) either of the two closely related compounds of which this antibiotic is a mixture.
Origin
1950s. From risto- (of unknown origin) + -cetin.
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