English
heliomycin
Probably from helio- + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Formed from helio- + -mycin ‘antibiotic’
Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ‘sun’
Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios ‘sun’
Ancient Greek ἥλιος ‘sun’
English helio-
Today it means
noun A pentacyclic antibiotic 3,5,7,10-tetrahydroxy-1,1,9-trimethyl-2H-benzo(c,d)pyrene-2,6(1H)-dione.
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Etymograph / heliomycin