tyrothricin

tyrothricin
ty·ro·thri·cin (tī'rō-thrīʹsĭn) 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 Tȳrothrix, former bacteria genus name (Greek tūros, cheese; See teuə- in Indo-European Roots + Greek thrix, trikh-, hair) + -in.]

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