-mycin

a combining form used in the names of antibiotics, usually fungal derivatives: neomycin.

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Origin of -mycin

perhaps orig. in actinomycin; see myc-, -in2

Words nearby -mycin

-most, -motive, -motored, -mycete, -mycetes, -mycin, -n, -n't, -nap, -nastic, -nasty
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British Dictionary definitions for -mycin

-mycin

n combining form

indicating an antibiotic compound derived from a fungusstreptomycin

Word Origin for -mycin

from Greek mukēs fungus + -in
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Medical definitions for -mycin

-mycin

suff.

A substance derived from a bacterium in the order Actinomycetales:erythromycin.
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