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amphotericin
[ am-fuh-ter-uh-sin ]
/ ˌæm fəˈtɛr ə sɪn /
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noun Pharmacology.
an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
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Origin of amphotericin
First recorded in 1950–55; amphoteric + -in2
Words nearby amphotericin
ampholytic, amphora, amphoric, amphoriskos, amphoteric, amphotericin, ampicillin, ample, amplexicaul, amplexifoliate, amplexus
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How to use amphotericin in a sentence
Drugs like miltefosine and amphotericin B, used to cure these strains of Leishmaniasis, are expensive or toxic, and not much funding goes into researching and developing better treatments.