Definition of kanamycin in English:
kanamycin
noun ˌkanəˈmʌɪsɪnˌkænəˈmaɪsɪn
mass nounMedicine A broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from a strain of bacteria.
Example sentencesExamples
- To select for the plasmids (donors or transconjugants), we used kanamycin and chloramphenicol.
- Harvested bacterial colonies containing mutant plasmids were grown in LB medium in the presence of ampicillin and kanamycin to maintain the selective pressure on the mutants.
- Streptomycin, kanamycin, or amikacin also can be used as the fourth drug, when necessary.
- Doses of streptomycin, kanamycin, amikacin, and capreomycin must be adjusted in patients with renal failure because the kidneys excrete essentially all of these drugs.
- Amikacin and kanamycin may cause deafness, but they cause less vestibular dysfunction than SM.
Origin
1950s: from modern Latin Streptomyces kanamyceticus, the name of the source bacterium (see also -mycin).
Definition of kanamycin in US English:
kanamycin
nounˌkænəˈmaɪsɪnˌkanəˈmīsin
Medicine A broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from a strain of bacteria.
Example sentencesExamples
- Doses of streptomycin, kanamycin, amikacin, and capreomycin must be adjusted in patients with renal failure because the kidneys excrete essentially all of these drugs.
- Harvested bacterial colonies containing mutant plasmids were grown in LB medium in the presence of ampicillin and kanamycin to maintain the selective pressure on the mutants.
- Amikacin and kanamycin may cause deafness, but they cause less vestibular dysfunction than SM.
- Streptomycin, kanamycin, or amikacin also can be used as the fourth drug, when necessary.
- To select for the plasmids (donors or transconjugants), we used kanamycin and chloramphenicol.
Origin
1950s: from modern Latin Streptomyces kanamyceticus, the name of the source bacterium (see also -mycin).