| NOUN | artifact | gramicidin | an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium |
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| Meaning | An antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria. | |
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| Broader | antibiotic, antibiotic drug | A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections |
| antiseptic | A substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues | |
| Spanish | gramicidina | |
| Catalan | gramicidina | |
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