Definitions for gentamicin

gentamicin gen·ta·mi·cin

Spelling: [jen-tuh-mahy-sin]
IPA: /ˌdʒɛn təˈmaɪ sɪn/

Gentamicin is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 423 anagrams from letters in gentamicin (acegiimnnt).

Definitions for gentamicin

noun

  1. a highly toxic broad-spectrum antibiotic mixture of related aminoglycoside substances derived from the actinomycete bacterium Micromonospora purpurea, used in its sulfate form in the treatment of severe Gram-negative infections.

Origin of gentamicin

1963; respelling of gentamycin, probably equivalent to gent(ian violet) + -a- (as in kanamycin) +