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GRAMICIDIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gramicidin" is a kind of...):
antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)
antiseptic (a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues)
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