clindamycin

[ klin-duh-mahy-sin ]
/ ˌklɪn dəˈmaɪ sɪn /

noun Pharmacology.

a toxic semisynthetic antibiotic, C18H33ClN2O5S, used to treat serious infections chiefly due to various anaerobic bacteria, especially Bacteroides.

Origin of clindamycin

1965–70; by contraction and rearrangement of chloro-deoxylincomycin an alternate name, equivalent to chloro-2 + deoxy- + lincomycin an antibiotic produced by Streptomyces lincolnensis; see -mycin

Words nearby clindamycin

clinandrium, clinch, clincher, clincher tire, clincher-built, clindamycin, cline, cling, cling peach, clingfilm, clingfish