spectinomycin
noun
spec·ti·no·my·cin
ˌspek-tə-nō-ˈmī-sᵊn 
: a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C14H24N2O7 produced by a bacterium (Streptomyces spectabilis) that is used clinically especially in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea
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The only antibiotic the strain showed susceptibility to in the lab tests was spectinomycin, which doctors prescribed next.
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spectinomycin
noun
spec·ti·no·my·cin
ˌspek-tə-nō-ˈmīs-ᵊn
: a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from a bacterium of the genus Streptomyces (S. spectabilis) that is used clinically especially in the form of its hydrated dihydrochloride C14H24N2O7·2HCl·5H2O to treat gonorrhea
called also actinospectacin
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