oxytetracycline

oxytetracycline
/ok'si te'treuh suy"klin, -kleen/, n. Pharm.
a dull-yellow, crystalline antibiotic powder, C22H24N2O9, produced by Streptomyces rimosus, used chiefly in treating infections caused by streptococci, staphylococci, Gram-negative bacilli, rickettsiae, and certain protozoans and viruses.
[1950-55; OXY-2 + TETRACYCLINE]

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