SINCE 1828
magainin
noun
ma·ga·i·nin
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mə-ˈgā-ə-nən ,
-ˈgā-nən
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-ˈgā-nən
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Medical Definition of magainin
: any of a group of peptide antibiotics isolated from the skin of frogs especially of the genus Xenopus
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