spectinomycin

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Etymology

From translingual spect(abilis) +‎ +‎ -mycin (antibiotic).

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Noun

spectinomycin (countable and uncountable, plural spectinomycins)

  1. (pharmacology) An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis.