Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride (Noun)
Meaning
A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete; used to treat various bacterial and rickettsial infections.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The doctor prescribed oxytetracycline hydrochloride to treat the patient's severe bacterial infection.
- Oxytetracycline hydrochloride is commonly used in veterinary medicine to treat infections in livestock.
- The antibiotic oxytetracycline hydrochloride was first isolated from a soil actinomycete in the 1940s.
- Terramycin, a brand name for oxytetracycline hydrochloride, is used to treat a range of bacterial and rickettsial infections.
- Oxytetracycline hydrochloride is effective against a variety of bacterial infections, including those caused by Streptococcus and Staphylococcus.