actinomycin

[ ak-tin-oh-mahy-sin, ak-tuh-noh- ]

/ ækˌtɪn oʊˈmaɪ sɪn, ˌæk tə noʊ- /

noun Pharmacology.

any of a group of related antibiotics derived from several species of streptomyces bacteria, used against susceptible bacteria and fungi and in the treatment of various cancers.

Nearby words

actinomyces bovis, actinomyces israelii, actinomycetaceae, actinomycetales, actinomycete, actinomycin, actinomycoma, actinomycosis, actinon, actinopod, actinopterygian

Origin of actinomycin

actinomyc(es) + -in²

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for actinomycin

actinomycin

/ (ˌæktɪnəʊˈmaɪsɪn) /

noun

any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, used in treating some cancers; the most commonly used is dactinomycin (actinomycin D)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for actinomycin

actinomycin

[ ăk′tə-nō-mī′sĭn ]

n.

Any of a large group of red, often toxic, polypeptide antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria of several species of Streptomyces (originally Actinomyces) that are active against gram-positive bacteria and fungi.