单词 | colistin |
释义 | colistin /keuh lis"tin/, n. Pharm. a toxic antibiotic polypeptide, C45H85O10N13, produced by the bacterium Bacillus colistinus, used in sulfate form against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and in the treatment of severe gastroenteritis. [1950-55; < NL colistinus epithet for a variety of Bacillus polymyxa, equiv. to coli- (see COLIFORM) + -stinus, appar. an arbitrarily chosen suffix; cf. -IN2] |
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