-mycin
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- A substance derived from a bacterium in the order Actinomycetales:
霉菌素：从放线菌科中的一种细菌提出的物质：
neomycin.
新霉素
语源
- myc(o)- [so called because the bacteria from which the substances were first derived were originally mistaken for fungi]
myc(o)- [之所以称为霉菌素是因为最初错误认为是它从真菌中得到的] - -in
-in
-mycin
combining form in countable noun
indicating an antibiotic compound derived from a fungus
⇒
streptomycin
Origin
from Greek mukēs fungus + -in-mycin
Word Origin
1
a combining form used in the names of antibiotics, usually fungal derivatives:
neomycin.
Origin
perhaps orig. in actinomycin; see myc-, -in2
Related Words
- bleomycin
- clindamycin
- colicin
- erythromycin
- gentamicin
- lincomycin
-mycin
noun combining form
erythromycin
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY streptomycin
: substance obtained from a fungus-like bacteriumerythromycin
-mycin
combining form
- in names of antibiotic compounds derived from fungi表示“霉菌素”：
-
streptomycin.
词源
based on MYCO- .
ORIGIN: from myco- -in 1
-my·cin
\ˈmīsən\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary myc- + -in
: substance obtained from a fungus
< carbomycin >
< erythromycin >
< carbomycin >
< erythromycin >
-mycin
Suffix
- biochemistry Applied to aminoglycosides derived from bacteria of the genus Micromonospora.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -mycin