Medical Dictionary

carbomycin

noun car·bo·my·cin \ˌkär-bə-ˈmīs-ən\

Medical Definition of CARBOMYCIN

:  a colorless crystalline basic macrolide antibiotic C42H67NO16 produced by a bacterium of the genus Streptomyces (S. halstedii) and active especially in inhibiting the growth of gram-positive bacteria—see magnamycin

Browse

How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts.
Test your vocab with our fun, fast game
Ailurophobia, and 9 other unusual fears