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

1 sense of subtilin

Sense 1
subtilin -- (a polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium)
       => 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")