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

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery