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monensin

[ moh-nen-sin ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. a complex derivative of butyric acid, C 3 6 H 6 2 O 1 1 , produced by the bacterium Streptomyces cinnamonensis and used as an antibiotic in animals.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of monensin1

1967; < New Latin ( cinna ) monens ( is ) specific epithet of the bacterium ( cinnamon, -ensis; so called from the color of the aerial mycelium) + -in 2

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