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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rifampicin /rɪˈfampɪsɪn/ (also rifampin)

▶noun Medicine a bacterial antibiotic used chiefly to treat tuberculosis and leprosy.

– origin 1960s: from rifamycin (a related antibiotic) + the insertion of pi- from piperazine.

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