macrolide /mac·ro·lide/ (mak´ro-līd)
1. a compound characterized by a large lactone ring with multiple keto and hydroxyl groups.
2. any of a group of antibiotics containing this ring linked to one or more sugars, produced by certain species of Streptomyces.
mac·ro·lide (m k r -l d )n. A class of antibiotics that are produced by a species of Streptomyces, are characterized by a large lactone ring linked to one or more sugars, and act by inhibiting protein synthesis. |
macrolide
as in antibiotic; any antibiotic with molecules having many-membered lactone rings, e.g. erythromycin, spiramycin, tylosin.
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