gramicidin

gram·i·ci·din  (grm-sdn)

n.

An antibiotic produced by the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis and used to treat infections caused by certain gram-positive bacteria.

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[gram(-positive) + -cid(e) + -in.]

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gramicidin, gramicidin D [ˌgræmɪˈsaɪdɪn]

n

(Medicine / Pharmacology) an antibiotic used in treating local Gram-positive bacterial infections: obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis

[from Gram(-positive) + -cid(e) + -in]

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gramicidin - an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria 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" antiseptic - a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues