cycloheximide
[ sahy-kloh-hek-suh-mahyd, -mid ]
nounPharmacology.
an antibiotic substance, C15H23NO4, isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces griseus, used experimentally to block protein synthesis.
Origin of cycloheximide
1First recorded in 1945–50; cyclohex(ane) + imide
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