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Definition of Terramycin

1. Noun. A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections.

Definition of Terramycin

1. Noun. (medicine) An early oxytetracycline ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Terramycin

Literary usage of Terramycin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The above results suggest that immunity had been developed in chicks treated with aureomycin, chloramphenicol, spiramycin or terramycin as a result of the ..."

2. Unholy Alliance: Priests, Rabbis and Conspirators Within the Temple of Doom by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"I still believed when I took part in a scientific paper on the use of the antibiotic terramycin in treating respiratory conditions in premature babies. ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... S. ruiru were found sensitive to aureomycin, chlor- amphenicol, furazolidone, neomycin, ampicillin, streptomycin and terramycin, but not to penicillin, ..."

4. Pacific Northwest Agricultural Insect & Plant Disease Study Manual by Hugh W. Homan, Russell W. Clausen (1998)
"Streptomycin and terramycin are examples of antibiotic pesticides. antidote A substance used to counteract the toxic effects of a poison. ..."

5. Management Guidelines for Efficient Sheep Production by G. E. Ricketts (1999)
"Chlor- tetracycline (aureomycin) can be used at levels of 20 to grams per ton or oxytetracycline (terramycin) at 10 to 20 grams per ton. ..."

6. Organic Lies: Misconceptions of the United States Organic Act in America and by Mary Choate (2007)
"... as plant disease control substances with the annotation " for fire blight control in apples and pears only" terramycin (oxytetracycline calcium complex) ..."

7. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"Several groups have reported effective therapy of these diseases using antibiotics such as Furance, Furacin, terramycin, Aureomycin, and Chloramphenicol, ..."

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