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Actinomycin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various red, often toxic, polypeptide antibiotics obtained from soil bacteria.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of a class of toxic polypeptide antibiotics found in soil bacteria of genus Streptomyces.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria with a three-ring heterocyclic nucleus with an attached peptide chain.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria

Word Usage

"An enormous molecule shaped like an ancient Greek statue, with a small, headless torso and two extended wings, actinomycin D was later found to work by binding and damaging DNA."

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Words that are more generic or abstract

antibiotic drug antibiotic