See Also: virginiamycin(medicine)
virginiamycin(dictionary)

virginiamycin (iou)



virginiamycin noun. M20.
[from mod. Latin virginiae (see below) + -MYCIN.]
Pharmacology. Any of various antibacterial substances produced by the bacterium Streptomyces virginiae, used as antibiotics and as growth-promoting agents for food animals.