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Definition of: chlortetracycline
(klôr′tet·rə·sī′klin, klōr′-) noun Chem.
An organic compound chemically related to tetracycline, obtained from the soil bacillus Streptomyces aureofaciens: used as an antibiotic, chiefly in the form known as Aureomycin.
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