tyrocidin
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1. a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | antibiotic, antibiotic drug, |
definition | : | a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections (noun.artifact) |
substance meronym | : | tyrothricin, |
definition | : | a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria (noun.artifact) |
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