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pyocyanin


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pyocyanin  \Py`o*cy"a*nin\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  pus  +  ?  dark  blue.] 
  (Physiol.  (Chem.) 
  A  blue  coloring  matter  found  in  the  pus  from  old  sores, 
  supposed  to  be  formed  through  the  agency  of  a  species  of 
  bacterium  ({Bacillus  pyocyaneus}). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pyocyanin 
  n  :  a  toxic  blue  crystalline  antibiotic  found  in  green  pus 




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