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n. - A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trademark Terramycin) obtained from a soil actinomycete.

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Usage examples (18)
  • Useful examples: oxytetracycline or chlortetracycline eye ointments
  • Tetracycline (tetracycline HCl, oxytetracycline, etc.) (Familiar but expensive brand: Terramycin)
  • Without these compounds -- oxytetracycline, draxxin, ceftiofur, tiamulin -- diseases would likely kill them.
  • BLS similarly needs a specialized antibiotic treatment (oxytetracycline), but in the case of our trees this is only a disease management tool, not a cure.
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