Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pristinamycin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pristi-namycin
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An antibiotic used primarily in the treatment of staphylococcal infections, and to a lesser extent streptococcal infections.

Etymology

From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

Inflected Forms

pristinamycins (plural)

Questions

What does pristinamycin mean?: An antibiotic used primarily in the treatment of staphylococcal infections, and to a lesser extent streptococcal infections.
Where does pristinamycin come from?: From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

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