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-mycin

  1. a combining form used in the names of antibiotics, usually fungal derivatives:

    neomycin.



-mycin

combining form

  1. indicating an antibiotic compound derived from a fungus

    streptomycin



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Word History and Origins

Origin of -mycin1

Perhaps originally in actinomycin; myc-, -in 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -mycin1

from Greek mukēs fungus + -in

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