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| bac·i·tra·cin [ bàssi tráyss'n ] |
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antibiotic for skin infections: an antibiotic produced by a strain of bacterium. Use: topically, in the treatment of skin infections.
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| [Mid-20th century. <bacillus + Margaret Tracy, in whom the substance was discovered in a wound] |
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