Definition of Chlortetracycline
1. Noun. A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases.
Definition of Chlortetracycline
1. Noun. A particular tetracycline antibiotic. ¹
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Medical Definition of Chlortetracycline
1.
An antibiotic substance isolated from the substrate of streptomyces aureofaciens and used as an antibacterial and antiprotozoal agent.
Pharmacological action: antibiotics, tetracycline, antiprotozoal agents.
Chemical name: 2-Naphthacenecarboxamide, 7-chloro-4-(dimethylamino)-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12a-octahydro-3,6,10,12,12a-pentahydroxy-6-methyl-1,11-dioxo-, (4S-(4alpha,4aalpha,5aalpha,6beta,12aalpha))-
(12 Dec 1998)
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