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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A highly toxic antibiotic, C25H22N4O8, produced by an actinomycete (Streptomyces flocculus) and active against various types of tumors.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[strepto– + Latin niger, nigr-, black; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots + –in.]
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