rifamycin

Meaning

Any of a group of antibiotics, a subclass of the ansamycins, which are synthesized either naturally by the bacterium Amycolatopsis mediterranei or artificially.

Translations

Adriamycin

Amphotericin

Avoparcin

Ciclosporin

Clindamycin

Colimycin

Colistin

Doxorubicin

Framycetin

Hygromycin

Lincomycin

Milbemycin

Mitomycin

مضادات حيوية

Etymology

From French Rififi (“a French crime film”) + am(ino)- + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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