rif·a·my·cin (r f  -m  sn)n. Any of a group of antibiotics originally isolated from a strain of the soil microorganism Streptomyces mediterranei, used in the treatment of leprosy, tuberculosis, and other bacterial diseases. [Alteration of rifomycin : probably Italian rifo(rmare), to reform (ri-, again, from Latin re-; see re- + formare, to form from Latin f  rm re; see reform) + -mycin.] |
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