different between tetracycline vs doxycycline

English

Etymology

From tetracyclic +? -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?.t???sa?.kli?n/

Noun

tetracycline (countable and uncountable, plural tetracyclines) (abbreviated tet)

1. (pharmacology, uncountable) A yellow crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ produced by streptomyces or synthetically.
2. (pharmacology, countable) Any of a large group of antibiotics with the same general structure derived from tetracene with many hydroxyl and other groups.

Translations

Derived terms

• -cycline (“antibiotic, protein synthesis inhibitor”)
• chlortetracycline
• oxytetracycline
• rolitetracycline

References

• “tetracycline”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “tetracycline”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

English

Etymology

Blend of d(e)oxy- +? oxy(tetra)cycline.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?k.s??s??.kli?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?k.s??sa??klin/

Noun

doxycycline (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ of the tetracycline class, which has a long half-life in the body and used orally to treat various bacterial infections.

Translations

References

• “doxycycline”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “doxycycline”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).