Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun erythromycin

1 sense of erythromycin

Sense 1
erythromycin, Erythrocin, E-Mycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin -- (an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gram-negative)
       => antibiotic, antibiotic drug -- (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs")