n 1 e 1 o 1 m 3 y 4 c 3 i 1 n 1
8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- English -mycin English neomycin From neo- + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).
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