Chlortetracycline (Noun)
Meaning
A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The veterinarian prescribed chlortetracycline to treat the bacterial infection in the infected animal.
- Chlortetracycline has been used in the past to treat rickettsial diseases such as typhus and rocky mountain spotted fever.
- Due to concerns about antibiotic resistance, the use of chlortetracycline has been limited in human medicine.
- Chlortetracycline, also known by the trade name Aureomycin, has been used to treat certain bacterial infections in humans and animals.
- The pharmaceutical company developed chlortetracycline as an alternative treatment for diseases that were resistant to other antibiotics.