gent
IPA: dʒˈɛnt
noun
- (colloquial) A gentleman.
- A surname.
- (medicine, colloquial) Short for gentamicin. [(biochemistry, pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic mixture, derived from an actinomycete (Micromonospora echinospora), extensively used as the sulfate in treating severe systemic bacterial infections (as of the urinary tract); (3R,4R,5R)-2-{[(1S,2S,3R,4S,6R)-4,6-diamino-3-{[(2R,3R,6S)-3-amino-6-[(1R)-1-(methylamino)ethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy}-2-hydroxycyclohexyl]oxy}-5-methyl-4-(methylamino)oxane-3,5-diol.]
adjective
- (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
- (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
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