n :  a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₁₄H₂₄N₂O₇ derived from a bacterium of the genus Streptomyces (S. spectabilis) that is used clinically esp. in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea - called also actinospectacin  - see TROBICIN  .
 
 
 
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