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min•o•cy•cline
(min′ō sī′klēn, -klin)USA pronunciation n. [Pharm.]
- Drugsa long-acting, broad-spectrum, semisynthetic antibiotic drug, C23H27N3O7, derived from tetracycline.
- see deoxy-, tetracycline (a)mino- + (deoxytetra)cycline, a chemical component