minocycline

[min-oh-sahy-kleen, -klin]

min·o·cy·cline

[min-oh-sahy-kleen, -klin]
noun Pharmacology.
a long-acting, broad-spectrum, semisynthetic antibiotic drug, C23H27N3O7, derived from tetracycline.

Origin:
(a)mino- + (deoxytetra)cycline, a chemical component; see deoxy-, tetracycline
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minocycline

noun
tetracycline antibiotic (trade name Minocin) used to treat a variety of bacterial and rickettsial infections 
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