Ilosone


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Noun1.Ilosone - an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative
E-Mycin, Erythrocin, erythromycin, Ethril, Pediamycin
antibiotic, antibiotic drug - a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs"
brand, brand name, marque, trade name - a name given to a product or service
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They did at least give the brand names Ilotycin and Ilosone to the new antibiotic, an acknowledgment of the drug's origins.
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