chlortetracycline

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Chemical structure of chlortetracycline
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Etymology

From chlor- +‎ tetracycline.

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Noun

chlortetracycline (countable and uncountable, plural chlortetracyclines)

  1. (pharmacology) A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C22H23ClN2O8 (trademark Aureomycin) of the tetracycline group that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Kitasatospora aureofaciens), active against many bacterial and fungal infections, and is sometimes used in animal feeds to stimulate growth.

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