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tetracycline

American  
[te-truh-sahy-kleen, -klin] / ˌtɛ trəˈsaɪ klin, -klɪn /

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 British  
/ -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 Scientific  
/ tĕt′rə-sī′klēn′,-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.

Etymology

Origin of tetracycline

First recorded in 1950–55; tetra- + cycl- + -ine 2

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