noun
- An antibiotic drug derived from the bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus, used to treat bacterial infections and tuberculosis.
Usage: medical; pharmaceutical
Examples
- Kanamycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic commonly used in clinical settings.
- The patient was prescribed kanamycin to treat the resistant bacterial infection.
- Kanamycin has been used for decades in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- Doctors must monitor kidney function in patients receiving kanamycin therapy.
- Kanamycin resistance genes are often used as markers in molecular biology research.