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gramicidin

DEFINITIONS OF: gramicidin

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n an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria

Type of:
antibiotic, antibiotic drug
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
antiseptic
a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
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