Medical Dictionary

fumigacin

noun fu·mig·a·cin \fyü-ˈmig-ə-sən\

Medical Definition of FUMIGACIN

:  a crystalline antibiotic acid C32H44O8 obtained from a soil fungus of the genus Aspergillus (A. fumigatus)—called also helvolic acid

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