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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bacitracin \bacitracin\ n. 1940 bacillus + margaret tracy, a
child whose tissues contained bacillus subtilis + -in.
--rhud.
a polypeptide antibacterial antibiotic of known chemical
structure effective against several types of gram-positive
organisms, and usually used topically for superficial local
infection.
note: it is produced by bacillus subtilis and bacillus
licheniformis, and as produced commercially is
composed of several closely related substances. the
predominant component, bacitracin a, has a formula
c60h103n17o16s, and contains d-ornithine,
d-phenylalanine and d-glutamine residues as well as the
l-isomers of leucine, isoleucine, histidine, asparagine
and aspartic acid. --mi11
wordnet 1.5
see also:
bacillus subtilis bacillus licheniformis bacitracin a c60h103n17o16s
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bacitracin
n : a polypeptide antibiotic of known chemical structure
effective against several types of gram-positive
organisms; usually applied locally
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