See Also: Puromycin(medicine)
puromycin(dictionary)
puromycin aminonucleoside(medicine)

puromycin (iou)



puromycin noun. M20.
[from PUR(INE + -O- + -MYCIN.]
Pharmacology. An antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces alboniger, used esp. to treat sleeping sickness and amoebic dysentery.