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Meaning of PYOCYANIN

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus
 
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 See Also: antibiotic, antibiotic drug, wonder drug

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Py`o*cy"a*nin\, n. [Gr. ? pus + ? dark blue.]
(Physiol. (Chem.)
A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores,
supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of
bacterium ({Bacillus pyocyaneus}).
 

 

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