Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kanamycin

/ˌkæn.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: kanamycin
IPA: /ˌkæn.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain”). The term kanamyceticus may comes from From Japanese 金 (kana-, “metal, money”) + Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs) + Latin -icus.

Usage

Inflected Forms

kanamycins (plural)

Derived Forms

bekanamycin gentamicin

Phrases

-kacin

Synonyms

kantrex

Questions

How do you pronounce kanamycin?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkæn.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/.
What does kanamycin mean?: A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
Where does kanamycin come from?: From (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain”). The term kanamyceticus may comes from From Japanese 金 (kana-, “metal, money”) + Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs) + Latin -icus.

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