noun
- an antibiotic drug used to treat bacterial infections, especially those caused by gram-positive bacteria
Usage: medical; pharmaceutical
Examples
- The doctor prescribed novobiocin to treat the patient’s staphylococcal infection.
- Novobiocin is effective against certain antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
- The laboratory tested the bacteria’s sensitivity to novobiocin.
- Novobiocin works by inhibiting bacterial DNA synthesis.
- The pharmaceutical company developed novobiocin in the 1950s.
- Some bacteria have developed resistance to novobiocin over time.