See Also: Macrolide(medicine)
Macrolide(health)
macrolide(dictionary)
antibiotics, macrolide(medicine)
macrolide 2'-kinase(medicine)
macrolide glycosyltransferase(medicine)

multivalve (iou) and macrolide (iou)


multivalve (iou)



multivalve adjective & noun. M18.
[from MULTI- + VALVE noun.]
A. adjective.
Biology. Esp. of a shell or shelled animal: having several or many valves. M18.
Electronics. Having several or many thermionic valves. E20.
Of an internal-combustion engine: having more than two valves per cylinder, typically four (two inlet and two exhaust). L20.
b. noun. A multivalve shell; an animal having such a shell, as a chiton, an acorn-shell. M18.
multivalved,
multi'valvular adjectives = MULTIVALVE adjective 1 M18.

macrolide (iou)



macrolide noun. M20.
[from MACRO- + L(ACTONE + -IDE.]
Pharmacology. Any of a class of antibiotics containing macrocyclic lactone rings. Also macrolide antibiotic.