a broad-spectrum antibiotic obtained from soil actinomycetes (genus Micromonospora), used in treating a wide variety of serious infections
Origin of gentamicinfrom gentian violet (with reference, refer to the color of the organism) + -micin, altered from -mycin
A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from an actinomycete of the genus Micromonospora, used in its sulfate form to treat various infections.
Origin of gentamicinAlteration of gentamycin gent(i)a(n violet) -mycin
(countable and uncountable, plural gentamicins)