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rifamycin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ri-famycin
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

From French Rif(ifi) (“a French crime film”) + am(ino)- + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

Usage

Derived Forms

rifampicin

Phrases

rifa-

Questions

What does rifamycin mean?
Any of a group of antibiotics, a subclass of the ansamycins, which are synthesized either naturally by the bacterium Amycolatopsis mediterranei or artificially.
Where does rifamycin come from?
From French Rif(ifi) (“a French crime film”) + am(ino)- + -mycin (“antibiotic”).

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