tetracycline

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008620",
  "term": "tetracycline",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A drug used to treat bacterial infections. It stops the growth of bacteria by keeping them from making proteins. Tetracycline also binds to new bone tissue and is being studied as a way to detect bone growth. Tetracycline is a type of antibiotic and a type of bone-labeling agent.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/tetracycline/"
}