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pu·ro·my·cin

n :  an antibiotic C22H29N7O5 that is obtained from an actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces (S. alboniger) and is used esp. as a potent inhibitor of protein synthesis in microorganisms and mammalian cells .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  par·a·me·cin  para·mu·cin  pro·ma·zine 

 
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