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Spectinomycin

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Noun

1. spectinomycin

an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea

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Spectinomycin

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noun
an antibiotic drug

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Spectinomycin

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noun
an antibiotic, C14H24N2O7, made synthetically or obtained from an actinomycete (Streptomyces spectabilis) and used esp. in treating cases of gonorrhea that are resistant to penicillin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Spectinomycin

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n.
A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C14H24N2O7, obtained from a species of gram-negative bacteria (Streptomyces spectabilis) or produced synthetically and used in its hydrochloride form especially in the treatment of penicillin-resistant gonorrhea.

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