ty·ro·thri·cin (t  r -thr s n)n. A gray-brown mixture consisting mainly of tryocidine and gramicidin, used as a topical antibiotic in treating infections caused by gram-positive bacteria. [New Latin T  rothrix, former bacteria genus name (Greek t ros, cheese; see teu - in Indo-European roots + Greek thrix, trikh-, hair) + -in.] |
tyrothricin [ˌtaɪrəʊˈθraɪsɪn]
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) an antibiotic, obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis, consisting of tyrocidine and gramicidin and active against Gram-positive bacteria such as staphylococci and streptococci: applied locally for the treatment of ulcers and abscesses
[from New Latin Tyrothrix (genus name), from Greek turos cheese + thrix hair]
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| Noun | 1. | tyrothricin - a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused 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" tyrocidin, tyrocidine - a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin |
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