noun
- Plural of kanamycin; a group of aminoglycoside antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical; typically used in clinical or laboratory contexts
Examples
- Kanamycins are commonly used in laboratory settings to select for antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
- The doctor prescribed kanamycins to treat the patient's severe gram-negative infection.
- Resistance to kanamycins has increased in certain bacterial strains over the past decade.
- Kanamycins work by inhibiting bacterial protein synthesis.
- The hospital's antibiotic panel includes several kanamycins for resistant infections.