Terramycin Pharm.
(tɛrəˈmaɪsɪn)
Also terramycin.
[f. L. terra earth + -mycin.]
A proprietary name for oxytetracycline.
| 1950 A. C. Finlay et al. in Science 27 Jan. 85/1 From both cultures of this organism, a crystalline antibiotic was isolated; the name Terramycin has been assigned to this compound. 1953 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 5 May 22/1 Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc...Terramycin for antibiotic preparation containing oxytetracycline or a derivative thereof. 1954 Trade Marks Jrnl. 11 May 479/1 Terramycin... Oxytetracycline and derivatives thereof, and substances containing oxytetracycline or derivatives thereof, all prepared for use as antibiotics. Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. 1956 A. Huxley Let. 25 Dec. (1969) 814, I was put on to acromycin, after terramycin had failed to do much good. 1960 Spectator 2 Sept. 353 As compensation for the loss of his farmyard freedom he gets a dose of aureomycin, terramycin or penicillin. 1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 5 Aug. 14/1 (Advt.), Terramycin eye ointment. |