polymyxin
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Definition of polymyxin
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections by gram-negative bacteria
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Etymology
From translingual polymyxa + -in, from Bacillus polymyxa, from which the antibiotic was isolated.
Words you can make from polymyxin
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34 words- POXY 16 pts
- MPOX 15 pts
- LYNX 14 pts
- NIXY 14 pts
- ONYX 14 pts
- MINX 13 pts
- OXIM 13 pts
- MOPY 11 pts
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- LIMY 9 pts
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- PILY 9 pts
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- PYIN 9 pts
- LIMP 8 pts
- INLY 7 pts
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- OILY 7 pts
- ONLY 7 pts
- YONI 7 pts
- LIMN 6 pts
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- LIPO 6 pts
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- OXY 13 pts
- MIX 12 pts
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- POX 12 pts
- LOX 10 pts
- NIX 10 pts
- PLY 8 pts
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- IMP 7 pts
- MOP 7 pts
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- YIN 6 pts
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- LIP 5 pts
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- MIL 5 pts
- MOI 5 pts
- MOL 5 pts
- MON 5 pts
- NIM 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
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- PIN 5 pts
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- POL 5 pts
- ION 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
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