tyrothricin

/ ˌtaɪrəʊˈθraɪsɪn /

noun

1. an antibiotic, obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis, consisting of tyrocidine and gramicidin and active against Gram-positive bacteria such as staphylococci and streptococci: applied locally for the treatment of ulcers and abscesses

Word History and Origins

Origin of tyrothricin¹

C20: from New Latin Tyrothrix (genus name), from Greek turos cheese + thrix hair

Example Sentences

Second, the fact that Dr. Dubos did his work on tyrothricin at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, to which he was appointed after receiving his degree at Rutgers in 1927.

From Time Magazine Archive