1. an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery; [syn: neomycin, fradicin, Neobiotic]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
neomycin
n 1: an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a
sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal
antiseptic in surgery [syn: neomycin, fradicin,
Neobiotic]