Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

josamycin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
josamycin
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of macrolide antibiotic.

Uncountable

Etymology

From (Streptomyces narbonensis subsp.) josa(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Usage

Questions

What does josamycin mean?
A kind of macrolide antibiotic.
Where does josamycin come from?
From (Streptomyces narbonensis subsp.) josa(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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