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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gentamicin /ˌdʒɛntəˈmʌɪsɪn/

▶noun a broad-spectrum antibiotic used chiefly for severe systemic infections.

– origin 1960s: from genta- (of unknown origin) + -micin (alt. of -mycin.

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