VANCOMYCIN

vancomycin, Vancocin

(noun) an antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vancomycin (uncountable)

(medicine) A glycopeptide antibiotic, produced by the actinomycete Amycolaptosis orientalis, used against Gram-positive bacteria, especially staphylococci and enterococci.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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