actinomycin

Noun

Meaning

any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

penicillin antiviral bactericide neomycin carminative chlortetracycline tetracycline

Hypernyms

antibiotic antibiotic drug

Examples

Actinomycin D, an inhibitor of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, is a potent antibiotic with therapeutic utilities in infectious diseases and cancer. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

actinomycetic actinomycetoma actinomycetous actinomycoma actinomycosis actinomycotic