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vectis (medicine) and tyrocidin (iou)


vectis (medicine)


vectis


An instrument resembling one of the blades of an obstetrical forceps, used as an aid in delivery by making leverge on the presenting part of the foetus.

Origin: L. A lever or bar


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.