also  ty*ro*ci*din  n :  a basic polypeptide antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium of the genus Bacillus (B. brevis) and constituting the major component of tyrothricin .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  hy·dras·tine  traz·o·done  tri·ac·e·tin 
 
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