gentamicin

== English == === Alternative forms === gentamycin === Etymology === Alteration of gentamycin, as a blend of gentian violet +‎ kanamycin, from the color of the actinomycete. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛn.təˈmaɪ.sɪn/ === Noun === gentamicin (countable and uncountable, plural gentamicins) (biochemistry, pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic mixture, derived from an actinomycete (Micromonospora echinospora), extensively used as the sulfate in treating severe systemic bacterial infections (as of the urinary tract); (3R,4R,5R)-2-{[(1S,2S,3R,4S,6R)-4,6-diamino-3-{[(2R,3R,6S)-3-amino-6-[(1R)-1-(methylamino)ethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy}-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxy}-5-methyl-4-(methylamino)oxane-3,5-diol. ==== Translations ==== === References === “gentamicin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “gentamicin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “gentamicin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.