Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thienamycin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thien-amycin
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the most potent naturally-produced antibiotics known, first obtained from Streptomyces cattleya in 1976.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

thienamycins (plural)

Questions

What does thienamycin mean?: One of the most potent naturally-produced antibiotics known, first obtained from Streptomyces cattleya in 1976.

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