n :  a broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₃H₄₅N₅O₁₄ that is obtained from a bacterium of the genus Streptomyces (S. rimosus paromomycinus) and is used against intestinal amebiasis esp. in the form of its sulfate .
 
 
 
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