polymyxin

Etymology
, from, from which the antibiotic was isolated.

Noun

 * 1) Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium, used to treat infections by gram-negative bacteria

Hyponyms

 * / colistin
 * / colistin
 * / colistin
 * / colistin
 * / colistin

Translations

 * Japanese: ポリミキシン