metacycline (English, noun)
expansion: metacycline (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A semisynthetic tetracycline antibiotic C₂₂H₂₂N₂O₈ with longer duration of action than most other tetracyclines used in the treatment of gonorrhea especially in penicillin-sensitive subjects and as a precursor in the industrial synthesis of doxycycline.
tags: uncountable
Forms:
form: methacycline
tags: alternative