Meaning of demeclocycline

dem•e•clo•cy•cline

Pronunciation: (dem"u-klō-sī'klēn), [key]

— n. Pharm.

a broad-spectrum antibiotic, CHClNO, derived from a mutant strain of the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens: used against a wide range of susceptible microorganisms.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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