ALL meanings of gramicidin
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G g - noun gramicidin a crystalline, water-insoluble antibiotic obtained from tyrothrycin by extraction, used chiefly in treating local infections caused by Gram-positive organisms. 1
- noun gramicidin an antibiotic used in treating local Gram-positive bacterial infections: obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis 0
- noun gramicidin any of a group of chemically related antibiotic polypeptides produced by a soil bacillus (Bacillus brevis) and used in medicines to treat various bacterial infections, esp. of the skin and eyes 0
- noun gramicidin A heterogeneous combination of six antibiotic compounds. 0