See Also: tyrothricin(medicine)
tyrothricin(dictionary)

tyrothricin (iou)



tyrothricin noun. M20.
[from mod. Latin Tyrothrix former genus name of a bacterium (from Greek turos cheese + thrix hair) + -IN1.]
Pharmacology. An antibacterial preparation of gramicidin and tyrocidin which is used externally and in lozenges in the treatment of skin and mouth infections.