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NOVOBIOCIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("novobiocin" is a kind of...):
antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)