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gentamicin
[ jen-tuh-mahy-sin ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- a highly toxic broad-spectrum antibiotic mixture of related aminoglycoside substances derived from the actinomycete bacterium Micromonospora purpurea, used in its sulfate form in the treatment of severe Gram-negative infections.
gentamicin
/ ˌdʒɛntəˈmaɪsɪn /
noun
- a broad-spectrum antibiotic used in the treatment of serious infections
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gentamicin1
First recorded in 1960–65; respelling of gentamycin, probably equivalent to gent(ian violet), so called from the color of the source bacterium + -a- (as in kanamycin ) + -mycin; gentian violet, -mycin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gentamicin1
C20: from genta (of unknown origin) + -mycin
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