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9 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections
originFrom (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain”). The term kanamyceticus may comes from From Japanese 金 (kana-, “metal, money”) + Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs) + Latin -icus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- cayman 13
- caky 13
- icky 13
- yack 13
- mincy 12
- mack 12
- mick 12