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-mycin

  1. a combining form used in the names of antibiotics, usually fungal derivatives:

    neomycin.



-mycin

combining form

  1. indicating an antibiotic compound derived from a fungus

    streptomycin

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of -mycin1

Perhaps originally in actinomycin; myc-, -in 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -mycin1

from Greek mukēs fungus + -in

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