chlor·tet·ra·cy·cline (klôr t t-r -s  kl n, -kl n, kl r-)n. A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C22H23ClN2O8, obtained from the soil bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens and used in the treatment of a variety of infections. |
chlortetracycline [klɔːˌtɛtrəˈsaɪkliːn]
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) an antibiotic used in treating many bacterial and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens. Formula: C22H23ClN2O8
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| Noun | 1. |  chlortetracycline - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseasesantibiotic, 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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