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gen⋅ta⋅mi⋅cin

  [jen-tuh-mahy-sin]
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–noun Pharmacology.
a highly toxic broad-spectrum antibiotic mixture of related aminoglycoside substances derived from the actinomycete bacterium Micromonospora purpurea, used in its sulfate form in the treatment of severe Gram-negative infections.
Origin:
1963; resp. of gentamycin, prob. equiv. to gent(ian violet) + -a- (as in kanamycin) + -mycin; so called from the color of the source bacterium
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gen·ta·mi·cin   (jěn'tə-mī'sĭn)   
n.  A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from an actinomycete of the genus Micromonospora, used in its sulfate form to treat various infections.

[Alteration of gentamycin : gent(i)a(n violet) + -mycin.]
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Main Entry: gen·ta·mi·cin
Pronunciation: "jent-&-'mIs-&n
Function: noun
: a broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibioticmixture that is derived from two actinomycetes of the genus Micromonospora (M. purpurea and M. echinospora) and is extensively used in the form of the sulfate in treatinginfections especially of the urinary tract
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gentamicin gen·ta·mi·cin or gen·ta·my·cin (jěn'tə-mī'sĭn)
n.
A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from an actinomycete used in the treatment of various infections.

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