Term: erythromycin: an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative
Candidate hypernym: antibiotic: a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections → 1
Candidate hypernym: dinner: the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday → 0
Candidate hypernym: soft-shelled turtle: voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites → 0
Candidate hypernym: united states postal inspection service: the primary law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service → 0
Candidate hypernym: felt fungus: fungus that frequently encircles twigs and branches of various trees especially citrus trees in southern United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: asceticism: the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state → 0
Candidate hypernym: no-par-value stock: stock with no par value specified in the corporate charter or on the stock certificate → 0
Candidate hypernym: aramaic: an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it → 0
Candidate hypernym: billy: male goat → 0
Candidate hypernym: elimination: the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations → 0
Candidate hypernym: congress boot: an ankle high shoe with elastic gussets in the sides → 0