Etymology: - Derived from Greek: - "tetra-" (meaning "four") - "cycl-" (meaning "circle" or "ring") - "-ine" (suffix indicating an organic compound)
Meaning: - A broad-spectrum antibiotic that inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by binding to the 30S subunit of the ribosome.
Origin: - Discovered in 1948 by Benjamin Minge Duggar from a soil bacterium called Streptomyces aureofaciens. - Introduced for clinical use in the early 1950s.
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