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-kacin
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English
Etymology
Contraction of en kanamycin.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkeɪ.sɪn/
Suffix
en pharmaceutical drug Used to form names of kanamycin and bekanamycin derivatives (obtained from Streptomyces kanamyceticus species) used as antibiotics.
Derived terms
en
Related terms
en -mycin
References
2018 The use of stems in the selection of International Nonproprietary Names (INN) for pharmaceutical substances https://www.who.int/medicines/services/inn/StemBook_2018.pdf Geneva World Health Organization
en terms suffixed with -in