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

1 sense of gramicidin

Sense 1
gramicidin -- (an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium; used chiefly as an antiseptic in treating local infections produced by Gram-positive bacteria)
       => 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")
       => antiseptic -- (a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues)