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pol·y·myx·in (p

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Any of various mainly toxic antibiotics derived from strains of the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa and used to treat various infections with gram-negative bacteria.

[New Latin polymyxa, specific epithet (poly- + Greek muxa, slime) + -in.]

polymyxin [ˌpɒlɪˈmɪksɪn]

(Medicine / Pharmacology) any of several polypeptide antibiotics active against Gram-negative bacteria, obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa

[from New Latin Bacillus polymyxa; see poly-, myxo-, -in]

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polymyxin - any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium

antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"

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