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Pyocyanin

Pyocyanin Meaning & Definition
Pyocyanin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pyocyanin?

[n] a toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus

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See Also | antibiotic | antibiotic drug | wonder drug

Pyocyanin In Webster's Dictionary

\Py`o*cy"a*nin\, n. [Gr. ? pus + ? dark blue.] (Physiol. (Chem.) A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores, supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium ({Bacillus pyocyaneus}).

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