See Also: tyrocidin(medicine)
tyrocidin(dictionary)

tyrocidin (iou)



tyrocidin noun. . M20.
[from mod. Latin Tyrothrix (see TYROTHRICIN) + -CIDE + -IN1, -INE5.]
Pharmacology. Any of various cyclic decapeptide antibiotics obtained from the bacterium Bacillus brevis and active esp. against Gram-positive bacteria. Cf. TYROTHRICIN.