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demeclocycline

American  
[dem-uh-kloh-sahy-kleen] / ˌdɛm ə kloʊˈsaɪ klin /

noun

Pharmacology.

  1. a broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 21 H 21 ClN 2 O 8 , derived from a mutant strain of the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens: used against a wide range of susceptible microorganisms.

Etymology

Origin of demeclocycline

Contraction and rearrangement of 7-chloro-6-demethyltetracycline, an alternate name

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