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

1 sense of hydroxytetracycline

Sense 1
oxytetracycline, hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin -- (a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections)
       => 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")