polymyxin
nounEtymology From translingual polymyxa + -in, from Bacillus polymyxa, from which the antibiotic was isolated.
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Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections by gram-negative bacteria
- Hyponyms
- polymyxin A, polymyxin B, polymyxin C, polymyxin D, polymyxin E, colistin