amikacin

amikacin
/am'i kay"sin/, n. Pharm.
a wide-spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic, C22H45N5O13, used in the treatment of infections, esp. those caused by susceptible Gram-negative bacilli.
[perh. AMI(NOGLUCOSIDE) + ka(namy)cin (D), the antibiotic from which amikacin is derived; (Streptomyces) kanamyc(eticus) a bacterium that produces kanamycin + -IN2]

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