lincomycin

[ ling-kuh-mahy-sin ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a toxic antibiotic, C 18 H 34 N 2 O 6 S, isolated from Streptomyces lincolnensis, used in its hydrochloride form for the treatment of serious Gram-positive penicillin-resistant infections.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lincomycin¹

1960–65; < NL of the bacteria linco(lnensis) specific epithet of the bacteria + -mycin

Example Sentences

But neither the state nor the federal government has set health-based water quality standards for four of the most common chemicals it found - the antibiotic azithromycin, the antihistamine diphenhydramine, the flame-retardant tributyl phosphate and the animal antibiotic lincomycin.

From Washington Times

But neither the state nor the federal government has set health-based water quality standards for four of the most common chemicals it found - the antibiotic azithromycin, the antihistamine diphenhydramine, the flame-retardant tributyl phosphate and the animal antibiotic lincomycin.

From Washington Times