(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis.

(Zoroastrianism) Hypostasic divinity of the haoma plant, usually capitalized when referred to as such.

(uncountable) Contempt or disdain. / (countable) A display of disdain; a slight. / (countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.

(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. / (uncountable) The state of being deprived