rifamycin
nounEtymology From French Rif(ifi) (“a French crime film”) + am(ino)- + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
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Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences Any of a group of antibiotics, a subclass of the ansamycins, which are synthesized either naturally by the bacterium Amycolatopsis mediterranei or artificially.
- Derived terms
- rifampicin, rifa-