Actinomycin

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  • noun. Any of various red, often toxic, polypeptide antibiotics obtained from soil bacteria.
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  • noun. any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria with a three-ring heterocyclic nucleus with an attached peptide chain.
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  • noun. Any of a class of toxic polypeptide antibiotics found in soil bacteria of genus Streptomyces.
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  • noun. any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
    • Word Usage
    "An enormous molecule shaped like an ancient Greek statue, with a small, headless torso and two extended wings, actinomycin D was later found to work by binding and damaging DNA."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    antibiotic  antibiotic drug  
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