SINCE 1828
carbomycin
noun
car·bo·my·cin
| \ ˌkär-bə-ˈmīs-ᵊn
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Medical Definition of carbomycin
: a colorless crystalline basic macrolide antibiotic C42H67NO16 produced by a bacterium of the genus Streptomyces (S. halstedii) and active especially in inhibiting the growth of gram-positive bacteria — see magnamycin
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