spectinomycin

Questions

What does spectinomycin mean?

An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis.

Where does spectinomycin come from?

From translingual spect(abilis)[Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

How to pronounce spectinomycin

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