tobramycin (English, noun)
expansion: tobramycin (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A colorless water-soluble aminoglycoside antibiotic C₁₈H₃₇N₅O₉, isolated from a soil bacterium Streptoalloteichus tenebrarius and used especially against Gram-negative bacteria. When used in combination with loteprednol to treat inflammatory conditions of the eye, tobramycin is marketed under the trademark Zylet.
tags: uncountable
Forms:
form: nebramycin
tags: alternative