spectinomycin
[ spek-tuh-noh-mahy-sin ]
/ ˌspɛk tə noʊˈmaɪ sɪn /
noun Pharmacology.
an antibiotic drug, C14H24N2O7, produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
Origin of spectinomycin
1960–65; blend of New Latin
spectabilis a specific epithet (literally, visible; see
spectacle,
-able) and
actinomycin
Words nearby spectinomycin
spectator,
spectator pump,
spectator sport,
spectator, the,
specter,
spectinomycin,
spector,
spectra,
spectra yellow,
spectral,
spectral line