Rifamycin Definition

rĭfə-mīsĭn
noun
Any of a group of antibiotics originally isolated from a strain of the soil microorganism Streptomyces mediterranei, used in the United States to treat tuberculosis and prevent meningococcal infections, and used in other countries to treat leprosy and other bacterial diseases.
American Heritage Medicine

Any of a group of antibiotics, a subclass of the ansamycins, which are synthesized either naturally by the bacterium Amycolatopsis mediterranei or artificially.

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Other Word Forms of Rifamycin

Noun

Singular:
rifamycin
Plural:
rifamycins

Origin of Rifamycin

  • Alteration of rifomycin probably Italian rifo(rmare) to reform (ri- again) (from Latin re- re–) (formare to form) (from Latin fōrmāre reform) –mycin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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