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demeclocycline
[ dem-uh-kloh-sahy-kleen ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- a broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 21 H 21 ClN 2 O 8 , derived from a mutant strain of the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens: used against a wide range of susceptible microorganisms.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of demeclocycline1
Contraction and rearrangement of 7-chloro-6-demethyltetracycline, an alternate name
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