viocin

1. 1.

   a basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis

   Synonymsviomycin

   Broaderantibiotic

Other forms of viocin

plural

viocins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about viocin

What does viocin mean?

viocin means "a basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis".

How many syllables are in viocin?

viocin has 3 syllables: vi-o-cin. The stress falls on "vi".

What is another word for viocin?

Close synonyms include viomycin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is viocin a common word?

viocin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.