SINCE 1828
valinomycin
noun
val·in·o·my·cin
| \ ˌval-ə-nō-ˈmīs-ᵊn
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Medical Definition of valinomycin
: an antibiotic C54H90N6O18 produced by a bacterium of the genus Streptomyces (S. fulvissimus)
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