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

1 sense of mycostatin

Sense 1
nystatin, Mycostatin, Nystan -- (an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes)
       => antifungal, antifungal agent, fungicide, antimycotic, antimycotic agent -- (any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi)
       => 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")