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| chloramphenicol [ kláwr am fénni kol ] |
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antibiotic: a powerful antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium. It sometimes has the side effect of causing the failure of blood cell production.
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| [Mid-20th century. <chlor- + amide + phen- + nitro- + glycol] |
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