polymyxin noun.
[pɒlɪ'mɪksɪn] M20.[from mod. Latin polymyxa (see below), formed as POLY- + Greek muxa slime: see -IN1.]Pharmacology. A polypeptide antibiotic obtained from the soil bacterium
Bacillus polymyxa and active esp. against Gram-negative bacteria.
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