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tetracycline

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

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. an antibiotic, C 22 H 24 H 2 O 8 , derived from chlortetracycline, used in medicine to treat a broad variety of infections.


tetracycline

/ -klɪn; ˌtɛtrəˈsaɪklaɪn /

noun

  1. an antibiotic synthesized from chlortetracycline or derived from the bacterium Streptomyces viridifaciens: used in treating rickettsial infections and various bacterial infections. Formula: C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8
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tetracycline

/ tĕt′rə-sīklēn′,-klĭn /

  1. A yellow crystalline compound, C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8 , synthesized or derived from several bacterial species of the genus Streptomyces and used as an antibiotic in bacterial infections. Other drugs of the tetracycline class have a similar chemical structure.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tetracycline1

First recorded in 1950–55; tetra- + cycl- + -ine 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tetracycline1

C20: from tetra- + cycl ( ic ) + -ine ²
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Example Sentences

Interestingly, the researchers found some of the samples were resistant to the antibiotic tetracycline and did not carry antibiotic resistance genes typically seen in today's antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains.

If the patient needs more therapeutic protein, then he/she would take more tetracycline to boost production.

The first is a phototoxic reaction, often seen with certain antibiotics such as tetracycline.

In France, where some of the studies were conducted, about 65 percent of infections are resistant to tetracyclines, a class of antibiotics that includes doxycycline.

Doxycycline, a relative of the antibiotic tetracycline, has been around for more than 45 years and is commonly used to treat and prevent acne and Lyme disease.

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