Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A broad-spectrum antibiotic produced from strains of the actinomycete Streptomyces fradiae and used especially in the form of its sulfate as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery.
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- noun medicine A broad-spectrum
aminoglycoside antibiotic that is found in manytopical medications
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- noun an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery
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Examples
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Only neomycin is contained in vaccines in detectable quantities (see table below).
Antibiotics 2008
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You need to know whether you're allergic to any of its ingredients such as neomycin or gelatin.
New State of Seafood report, chef cooks for preschoolers, and how flu vaccines are made 2009
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You need to know whether you're allergic to any of its ingredients such as neomycin or gelatin.
Can H1N1 flu virus in pregnancy change genes in the brains of the unborn? 2009
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The violations occurred over a number of years, as recently as 2008, and involved 23 positive tests for drugs such as neomycin, penicillin, gentamicin and other antibiotics.
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People who are allergic to gelatin or neomycin should not get the vaccine.
Chickenpox 2010
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The effect on people of consuming over a lifetime tiny quantities of penicillin, neomycin and other drugs left over in meat is little studied.
Antibiotics in Pork Draw More Scrutiny By Inspectors Bill Tomson 2011
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Antibiotics used during vaccine manufacture include neomycin, polymyxin B, streptomycin and gentamicin.
Antibiotics 2008
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However, small quantities of neomycin contained in some vaccines has never been clearly found to cause severe allergic reactions.
Antibiotics 2008
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We use neomycin for our goats and it usually clears it up in a day or so – if the animal survives that long again: hydration.
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But environmentalists and some scientists worry that a gene in the potato that confers resistance to kanamycin and neomycin, two important antibiotics, could breed bacteria that are resistant to the antibiotic.
EU Nations Get More Leeway on Modified Crops Matthew Dalton 2010
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