Associations to the word «Erythromycin»

Wiktionary

ERYTHROMYCIN, noun. Any of a class of macrolide antibiotics produced by an actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces

Dictionary definition

ERYTHROMYCIN, noun. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats