cycloserine
/ˌsaɪ.kləˈˈsɛɹˌin/noun
cycloserine is a noun meaning “A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₃H₆N₂O₂ produced by an actinomycete (Streptomyces orchidaceus) and used especially in the treatment of tuberculosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-Y-C-L-O-S-E-R-I-N-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 66 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cycloserine is cycloserines.
What does cycloserine mean?
noun
- 1
A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₃H₆N₂O₂ produced by an actinomycete (Streptomyces orchidaceus) and used especially in the treatment of tuberculosis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cycloserine?
- US /ˌsaɪ.kləˈˈsɛɹˌin/
- US /ˌsaɪ.kləˈsɪɹˌin/
Cycloserine has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cycloserine
- cycloserines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cycloserine?
Cycloserine appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).