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van·co·my·cin

n :  an antimicrobial agent from an actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces (S. orientalis) that is used esp. in the form of its hydrochloride salt against staphylococci resistant to other antibiotics - see VANCOCIN  .
 
 

 
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