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Meaning of SPECTINOMYCIN
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Definition:
[n]
an
antibiotic
used
to
treat
gonorrhea
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See Also:
antibiotic
,
antibiotic drug
,
wonder drug
Biology Dictionary
Definition:
An
antibiotic
originally obtained from the
funguslike
bacterium
Streptomyces spectabilis
; it is now mainly produced synthetically. It is especially useful for treating
penicillin
-resistant strains of gonorrhea.
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