mac·ro·lide 
(măkrō-līd)
(măkrō-līd)n.
A class of antibiotics that are produced by certain actinomycetes of the genus Streptomyces, are characterized by a large lactone ring linked to one or more sugars, and act by inhibiting protein synthesis.
[German Makrolid : makro-, macro- + L(acton), lactone + -id, -ide.]
- hypercorrection
- hypercorrectly
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- hypercritical
- hypercritically
- hypercriticism
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- hyperdrive
- hyperdynamic
- hyperemesis gravidarum
- hyperemia
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- hyperesthesia
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- hypereutectic
- hyperextend
- hyperextension
- hyperfiction
- hyperfine structure
- hypergamy
- hyperglycemia
- hyperglycemic
- hypergol
- hypergolic
- hypergolically