ERYTHROMYCIN as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus
    • effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) erythromycin is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower