Usually means: Antibiotic targeting Gram-negative bacteria.
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  1. polymyxin: Merriam-Webster
  2. polymyxin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polymyxin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polymyxin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polymyxin: Vocabulary.com
  6. polymyxin: Wiktionary
  7. polymyxin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. polymyxin: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. polymyxin: Dictionary.com
  10. Polymyxin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. polymyxin: Rhymezone
  12. polymyxin: FreeDictionary.org
  13. polymyxin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. polymyxin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. polymyxin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. polymyxin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. polymyxin: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polymyxin)

▸ noun:  Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections by gram-negative bacteria

Similar:
polymixin, polymyxin E, myxopyronin, oligomycin, bioxalomycin, mattacin, moenomycin, pseudomycin, muraymycin, bacillomycin, more...

Opposite:
antibiotic, antiseptic, disinfectant

Phrases:
Polymyxin B, polymyxin E, polymyxin b sulfate, more...

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Similar:
polymixin, polymyxin E, myxopyronin, oligomycin, bioxalomycin, mattacin, moenomycin, pseudomycin, muraymycin, bacillomycin, more...

Opposite:
antibiotic, antiseptic, disinfectant

Phrases:
Polymyxin B, polymyxin E, polymyxin b sulfate, more...



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