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fosfomycin
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Etymology
Originally phosphomycin, from phospho- + -mycin (“antibiotic derived from a Streptomyces strain”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why the change from phospho- to fosfo-?”)
Noun
fosfomycin (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A broad-spectrum antibiotic, 3-methyloxiran-2-ylphosphonic acid, obtained from certain Streptomyces bacteria.
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