polymyxin

Definitions of polymyxin
  1. noun
    any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium
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    type of:
    antibiotic, antibiotic drug
    a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
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