rifampicin
rifampicin[rɪˈfampɪsɪn](亦作 rifampin)noun- [mass noun](Medicine)a reddish-brown antibiotic used chiefly to treat tuberculosis and leprosy
(医)利福平
- The antibiotic is obtained from the bacterium Nocardia mediterranei
该抗生素取自地中海诺卡氏菌
语源- 1960s: from rifamycin (an antibiotic first isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces mediterranei) + the insertion of pi- from piperazine
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