demeclocycline

[dem-uh-kloh-sahy-kleen]

dem·e·clo·cy·cline

[dem-uh-kloh-sahy-kleen]
noun Pharmacology.
a broad-spectrum antibiotic, C21H21ClN2O8, derived from a mutant strain of the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens: used against a wide range of susceptible microorganisms.

Origin:
contraction and rearrangement of 7-chloro-6-demethyltetracycline, an alternate name
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Demeclocycline has a plethora of syllables.
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(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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