chlortetracycline
noun
chlor·tet·ra·cy·cline
ˌklȯr-ˌte-trə-ˈsī-ˌklēn 
: a yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C22H23ClN2O8 that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces aureofaciens) and is sometimes used in animal feeds to stimulate growth
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Pig Zero trumpets the benefits of coupling tiamulin with chlortetracycline, a drug made by Elanco’s competitors that both American and international regulators consider medically important to humans.
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Danny Hakim, New York Times, 7 June 2019
Drugs were marketed by the barrel; a 50-pound chlortetracycline bag advertised in 1972 in The Herald, in Jasper, Ind., cost $9.25.
—Danny Hakim, New York Times, 7 June 2019
Danny Hakim, New York Times, 7 June 2019
Drugs were marketed by the barrel; a 50-pound chlortetracycline bag advertised in 1972 in The Herald, in Jasper, Ind., cost $9.25.
—Danny Hakim, New York Times, 7 June 2019
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chlortetracycline
noun
chlor·tet·ra·cy·cline
ˌklōr-ˌte-trə-ˈsī-ˌklēn, ˌklȯr-
: a yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C22H23ClN2O8 produced by a soil actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces (S. aureofaciens) and sometimes used in animal feeds to stimulate growth see aureomycin
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