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GENTAMICIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does gentamicin mean?

• GENTAMICIN (noun)
The noun GENTAMICIN has 1 sense:

1. an antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract

Familiarity information: GENTAMICIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENTAMICIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An antibiotic (trade name Garamycin) that is derived from an actinomycete; used in treating infections of the urinary tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Garamycin; gentamicin

Hypernyms ("gentamicin" is a kind of...):

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that kills microorganisms and cures infections)

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