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-mycin

-mycin

a combining form used in the names of antibiotics, usually fungal derivatives: neomycin.

Origin:
perhaps orig. in actinomycin; see myc-, -in2
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-mycin is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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-mycin
 
n combining form
indicating an antibiotic compound derived from a fungus: streptomycin
 
[from Greek mukēs fungus + -in]

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Medical Dictionary

-mycin suff.
A substance derived from a bacterium in the order Actinomycetales: erythromycin.

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