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Definition of Spectinomycin
1. Noun. An antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea.
Definition of Spectinomycin
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Medical Definition of Spectinomycin
1. Aminocyclitol antibiotic: acts on ribosome, but is bacteriostatic rather than bactericidal. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)