amikacin
[ am-i-key-sin ]
/ ˌæm ɪˈkeɪ sɪn /
noun Pharmacology.
a wide-spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic, C22H45N5O13, used in the treatment of infections, especially those caused by susceptible Gram-negative bacilli.
Origin of amikacin
perhaps
ami(noglycoside) +
ka(namy)cin (D), the antibiotic from which amikacin is derived;
(Streptomyces) kanamyc(eticus) a bacterium that produces kanamycin +
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