pristinamycin

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -mycin (“antibiotic derived from Streptomyces”).

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Noun

pristinamycin (plural pristinamycins)

  1. (pharmacology) An antibiotic used primarily in the treatment of staphylococcal infections, and to a lesser extent streptococcal infections.
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