Tetracycline
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| Tetracycline | |
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| Term | Tetracycline |
| Short definition | Tetracycline - (pronounced) (TEH-truh-SY-kleen) A drug used to treat bacterial infections. It stops bacteria from growing by preventing them from making proteins. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
Tetracycline - (pronounced) (TEH-truh-SY-kleen) A drug used to treat bacterial infections. It stops bacteria from growing by preventing them from making proteins. Tetracycline also binds to new bone tissue and is being studied as a method of detecting bone growth. Tetracycline is a type of antibiotic and a type of bone marker
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