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Definition: Polymyxin |
PolymyxinNoun1. Any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Basic polypeptide antibiotic group obtained from Bacillus polymyxa. They affect the cell membrane by detergent action and may cause neuromuscular and kidney damage. At least eleven different members of the polymyxin group have been identified, each designated by a letter. (references) |
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Crosswords: Polymyxin |
| Specialty definitions using "polymyxin": Polymyxin B. (references) |
| "Polymyxin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Polymyxin" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
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Expressions using "polymyxin": Polymyxin B ♦ Polymyxin B and Hydrocortisone. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "polymyxin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | polymyxin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | polymyxine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | polymyksiini. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | polymyxine, bacillosporine, aérosporine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Polymyxin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βακιλοσπορίνη, πολυμυξίνη, αεροσπορίνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | polimixina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olymyxinpay polimixina. (various references) polimixina. (various references) polymyxin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "polymyxin": polymyxins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-l-m-n-o-p-x-y-y" | |
-2 letters: polynyi. | |
-4 letters: imply, myopy, noily, oxlip, pylon. | |
-5 letters: inly, limn, limo, limp, limy, lino, liny, lion, loin, lynx, milo, minx, moil, moly, mony, mopy, nixy, noil, oily, only, onyx, oxim, pily, piny, pion, pixy, ploy, poly, pony, pyin, yoni. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l-m-n-o-p-x-y-y" | |
+1 letter: polymyxins. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 79 6D 79 78 69 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01111001 01101101 01111001 01111000 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l y m y x i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0079 006D 0079 0078 0069 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508178917991907580 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego, grek |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
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