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  1. What is prescription drug E-MYCIN most commonly used for? 2009-08-11 07:09:07

    antibiotic and used to treat digestion disorders

  1. Why do most drug names have with azole or mycin at the end? 2008-04-15 09:46:14

    Myciuns are a group of antibiotics.least According to the American Heritage Dictionary,the're so called because they're derived from fungus, which in Greek is "mykos." Azoles take their name from the chemical prefix "azo," which means containing nitrogen, which in turn comes from Greek "azoic," meaning "without life," since nitrogen, unlike oxygen, did not sustain life--at least ANIMAL life, which is what "zoe" specifically refers to. In short, etymologically anything "azoic" means much the same as "antibiotic," whether that's its actual function or not.

  1. Is it true that MYCIN was designed to diagnose blood infections? 2011-05-15 05:08:14

    Experience with DENDRAL informed the creation of Feigenbaum’s next expert system, MYCIN, which assisted physicians in diagnosing blood infections. MYCIN’s great accomplishment lay in demonstrating that often the key is not reasoning but knowing. That is, knowing what symptoms correspond to each disease is generally more important than understanding disease etiology. At a basic level, MYCIN also...