rifampicin (English, noun)
expansion: rifampicin (countable and uncountable, plural rifampicins)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A reddish-brown semisynthetic antibiotic C₄₃H₅₈N₄O₁₂ obtained from the bacterium Amycolaptosis mediterranei, used chiefly to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and asymptomatic carriers of meningococci.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: rifampicins
tags: plural
form: rifampin
tags: alternative
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