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clindamycin (klin″dә-mi´sin)   a semisynthetic antibiotic that is a derivative of lincomycin; used to treat gram-positive penicillin-resistant infections.
  a semisynthetic derivative of lincomycin used systemically, topically, and vaginally as an antibacterial, primarily against gram-positive bacteria; used also as the hydrochloride and phosphate salts and as the hydrochloride salt of the ester of clindamycin and palmitic acid (clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride).




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