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doxycycline

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dox·y·cy·cline  (dks-skln, -kln)
n.
A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C22H24N2O8, derived from tetracycline.
[d(e)oxy- + (tetra)cycline.]
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Noun1.doxycycline - an antibiotic derived from tetracycline that is effective against many infections; "Vibramycin is the trade name of doxycycline"
Vibramycin
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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vivax malaria relapse after therapy with quinine, doxycycline, and primaquine, and again after treatment with chloroquine and primaquine.
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