Associations to the word «Vancomycin»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

VANCOMYCIN, noun. An antibiotic (trade name Vancocin) effective against some bacterial infections.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley