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kanamycin

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˌkæn.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/Part of speech nounSorted aacikmnnyStarts with KEnds with N0 clues
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  1. antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections

Word origin

From (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain”). The term kanamyceticus may comes from From Japanese 金 (kana-, “metal, money”) + Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs) + Latin -icus.

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