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minocycline

[ min-oh-sahy-kleen, -klin ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a long-acting, broad-spectrum, semisynthetic antibiotic drug, C 2 3 H 2 7 N 3 O 7 , derived from tetracycline.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of minocycline1

(a)mino- + (deoxytetra)cycline, a chemical component; deoxy-, tetracycline

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