erythromycin
/ɪˌrɪθrəʊˈmaɪsɪn/noun
mass noun
1- Medicine an antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.【医】红霉素。
1.1
- This is obtained from the streptomycete bacterium Streptomyces erythreus.自红霉素链霉菌中获得。
词源
1950s: from elements of the modern Latin taxonomic name (see above) + -IN1 .