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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An antibiotic, C46H77NO19, produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces noursei and used to treat fungal infections.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An antifungal antibiotic, extracted from fermentation broths of the soil actinomycete Streptomyces noursei and other actinomycetes; called also fungicidin. It is a polyene macrolide antibiotic, and consists of several related components. Component nystatin A1 has formula C47H75NO17.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An antifungal drug used especially against Candida

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[ N(ew) Y(ork) Stat(e) + –in.]

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