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Gramicidin

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Noun

1. gramicidin

an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gramicidin

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noun
an antibiotic used in treating local Gram-positive bacterial infections: obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis

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Gramicidin

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noun
any of a group of chemically related antibiotic polypeptides produced by a soil bacillus (Bacillus brevis) and used in medicines to treat various bacterial infections, esp. of the skin and eyes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gramicidin

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n.
An antibiotic substance consisting of a mixture of several closely related polypeptides, produced by the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis and used topically to treat infections caused by certain gram-positive bacteria.

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