Acti-dione

noun

Ac·​ti-di·​one

ˌak-tə-ˈdī-ˌōn

medical

: a preparation of cycloheximide

—formerly a U.S. registered trademark

Word History

Etymology

acti(nomycete) + di(ket)one

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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