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Lincomycin

Definition: Lincomycin

Lincomycin

Noun

1. Antibiotic (trade name Lincocin) obtained from a Streptomyces bacterium and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.

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Specialty Definitions: Lincomycin

DomainDefinitions

Health

(2S-trans)-Methyl 6,8-dideoxy-6-(((1-methyl-4-propyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)carbonyl)amino)-1-thio-D-erythro-alpha-D-galacto-octopyranoside. An antibiotic produced by Streptomyces lincolnensis var. lincolnensis. It has been used in the treatment of staphylococcal, streptococcal, and Bacteroides fragilis infections. (references)

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Synonym: Lincomycin

Synonym: Lincocin (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Lincomycin

Specialty definitions using "lincomycin": Clindamycin. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Lincomycin

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Books

  • Macrolide antibiotics and lincomycin (reference)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lincomycin

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  lincomycin

12

  antibiotic lincomycin

2
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Modern Translations: Lincomycin

Language Translations for "lincomycin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

lincomycin. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

lincomycine. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

linkomysiini. (various references)

   

French

  

lincomycine. (various references)

   

German

  

Lincomycin. (various references)

   

Italian

  

lincomicina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

incomycinlay

   

Portuguese

  

lincomicina. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

lincomicina. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

linkomycin. (various references)

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Derivations: Lincomycin

Derivations

Words beginning with "lincomycin": lincomycins. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Lincomycin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-y"

-3 letters: colicin.

-4 letters: clinic, clonic, cymlin, iconic, incony, limnic, minion.

-5 letters: colic, colin, comic, conic, conin, cyclo, cymol, cynic, icily, imino, inion, ionic, linin, mincy, minny, nicol, noily, nonyl, nylon, yonic.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-i-i-l-m-n-n-o-y"
 

+1 letter: lincomycins.

 

+4 letters: incommunicably.

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Alternative Orthography: Lincomycin


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "lincomycin"


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Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "lincomycin"

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