Bacitracin Definition
băsĭ-trāsĭn
noun
An antibiotic obtained from a strain of bacteria (Bacillus subtilis) and used in the treatment of certain bacterial infections, esp. of the body surfaces.
Webster's New World
A polypeptide antibiotic obtained from a strain of a bacterium (Bacillus subtilis) and used as a topical ointment in the treatment of certain bacterial infections, especially those caused by cocci.
American Heritage Medicine
A nonprescription antibiotic, usually provided in topical ointment form and discovered as a product of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
Wiktionary
Origin of Bacitracin
baci(llus) Margaret Tracy (born c. 1936), an American child from whose tissue the strain of the bacterium was first isolated –in
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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