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Answer for the clue "A yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases ", 17 letters:
chlortetracycline

Word definitions for chlortetracycline in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
chlortetracycline \chlortetracycline\ n. a yellow crystalline antibacterial antibiotic used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases. Aureomycin is one common trademark for chlortetracycline. Syn: Aureomycin.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A particular tetracycline antibiotic.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases [syn: Aureomycin ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chlortetracycline (trade name Aureomycin , Lederle ) is a tetracycline antibiotic , the first tetracycline to be identified. It was discovered in 1945 by Benjamin Minge Duggar working at Lederle Laboratories under the supervision of Yellapragada Subbarow ...