Meaning Of The Word Gramicidin

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gramicidin in American English
any of a group of chemically related antibiotic polypeptides produced by a soil bacillus (Bacillus brevis) and used in medicines to treat various bacterial infections, esp. of the skin and eyes
noun: a crystalline, water-insoluble antibiotic obtained from tyrothrycin by extraction, used chiefly in treating local infections caused by Gram-positive organisms

gramicidin in British English
noun: an antibiotic used in treating local Gram-positive bacterial infections: obtained from the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis

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