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virginiamycin

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vir⋅gin⋅ia⋅my⋅cin

  [ver-jin-yuh-mahy-sin]
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–noun Pharmacology.
any of various antibacterial substances derived from the bacterium Streptomyces virginiae, used in antibiotics and in animal feed as a growth stimulant.
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vir·gin·ia·my·cin   (vər-jĭn'yə-mī'sĭn)   
n.  Any of several antibacterial substances derived from an actinomycete related to Streptomyces virginiae, used chiefly as an additive in animal feed.

[New Latin virginiae, specific epithet (from genitive sing. of Virginia, Virginia) + -mycin.]
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