Definition of "rifampicin"
rifampicin
/ɹɪˈfæm.pɪs.ɪn/
noun
countable and uncountable, plural rifampicins
(pharmacology) A reddish-brown semisynthetic antibiotic C43H58N4O12 obtained from the bacterium Amycolaptosis mediterranei, used chiefly to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and asymptomatic carriers of meningococci.