erythromycin
nounUK /ɪˌɹɪθ.ɹə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪ.sɪn/ · US /ɪˌɹɪθ.ɹəˈmaɪ.sn̩/
Etymology From (Streptomyces) erythr(eus) + -o- + -mycin (“antibiotic from a Streptomyces strain”).
1
Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences An antibiotic similar to penicillin, used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.
2
A broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotic C₃₇H₆₇NO₁₃ produced by an actinomycete Saccharopolyspora erythraea (formerly Streptomyces erythreus) and similar in its effects to penicillin, administered orally or topically in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria.
- Derived terms
- azaerythromycin, azithromycin, berythromycin, clarithromycin, dirithromycin, flurithromycin, gamithromycin, homoerythromycin, lexithromycin, modithromycin, nafithromycin, oxoerythromycin, roxithromycin, telithromycin, tulathromycin