chlortetracycline (English, noun)
expansion: chlortetracycline (countable and uncountable, plural chlortetracyclines)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₃ClN₂O₈ (trademark Aureomycin) of the tetracycline group that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Kitasatospora aureofaciens), active against many bacterial and fungal infections, and is sometimes used in animal feeds to stimulate growth.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: chlortetracyclines
tags: plural