erythromycin (English, noun)
expansion: erythromycin (countable and uncountable, plural erythromycins)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antibiotic similar to penicillin, used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: A broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotic C₃₇H₆₇NO₁₃ produced by an actinomycete Saccharopolyspora erythraea (formerly Streptomyces erythreus) and similar in its effects to penicillin, administered orally or topically in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: erythromycins
tags: plural