oxytetracycline

[ok-si-te-truh-sahy-klin, -kleen]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a dull-yellow, crystalline antibiotic powder, C 2 2 H 2 4 N 2 O 9 , produced by Streptomyces rimosus, used chiefly in treating infections caused by streptococci, staphylococci, Gram-negative bacilli, rickettsiae, and certain protozoans and viruses.

oxytetracycline

/ ˌɒksɪˌtɛtrəˈsaɪklɪn /

noun

1. OTC. a broad-spectrum antibiotic, obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces rimosus, used in treating various infections. Formula: C 22 H 24 N 2 O 9

Word History and Origins

Origin of oxytetracycline¹

First recorded in 1950–55; oxy- ² + tetracycline

Example Sentences

There’s only one problem: Injecting oxytetracycline into citrus trees is not approved by the E.P.A., and applying the drug via injection would be prohibitively expensive, growers and industry officials say.

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They hope that regular treatments with two common drugs, streptomycin and oxytetracycline, will slow the bacterial disease, known as citrus greening, that has crippled the industry.

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This month, the US Environmental Protection Agency is in the final stages of approving a huge ramp-up in spraying of two human antibiotics, streptomycin and oxytetracycline, on citrus groves in Florida and California.

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Years ago, she was prescribed oxytetracycline for an acne outbreak on her face; though she was convinced the antibiotics weren’t going to help, she took them anyway.

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The most common antibiotic in the samples was oxytetracycline, which is also the most widely used antibiotic in farmed fish.

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