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gramicidin

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gram⋅i⋅ci⋅din

  [gram-uh-sahyd-n]
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–noun Pharmacology.
a crystalline, water-insoluble antibiotic obtained from tyrothrycin by extraction, used chiefly in treating local infections caused by Gram-positive organisms.
Also called gramicidin D.

Origin:
1935–40; Gram-(positive) + -i- + -cide + -in 2
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gram·i·ci·din   (grām'ĭ-sīd'n)   
n.  An antibiotic produced by the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis and used to treat infections caused by certain gram-positive bacteria.

[gram(-positive) + -cid(e) + -in.]
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Main Entry: gram·i·ci·din
Pronunciation: "gram-&-'sId-&n
Function: noun
: an antibacterial mixture produced by a soilbacterium of the genus Bacillus (B. brevis) and used topically against gram-positive bacteria in local infections especially of the eye
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gramicidin gram·i·ci·din (grām'ĭ-sīd'n)
n.
An antibiotic produced by a Bacillis bacterium and used to treat certain gram-positive bacteria infections.

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