rifampicin
/raɪˈfæmpɪsɪn/(亦作rifampin /raɪˈfæmpɪn/)
noun
mass noun
1- Medicine a reddish-brown antibiotic used chiefly to treat tuberculosis and leprosy【医】利福平。
1.1
- The antibiotic is obtained from the bacterium Nocardia mediterranei.该抗生素取自地中海诺卡氏菌。
词源
1960s: from rifamycin （an antibiotic first isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces mediterranei） + the insertion of pi- from PIPERAZINE.