HyperDic: polymyxin

English > 1 sense of the word *polymyxin*:
NOUN	artifact	polymyxin	any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium

English > *polymyxin*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	Any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium.
Broader	antibiotic, antibiotic drug	A chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
Spanish	polimixina
Catalan	polimixina