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fosfomycin en · NOUN

Etymology

Originally phosphomycin, from phospho- + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from a Streptomyces strain”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A broad-spectrum antibiotic, 3-methyloxiran-2-ylphosphonic acid, obtained from certain Streptomyces bacteria.