streptomycin
pronunciation
How to pronounce streptomycin in British English:
UK ['streptə'maɪsɪn]
How to pronounce streptomycin in American English:
US [ˌstreptə'maɪsɪn]
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- Noun:
- an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis
Word Origin
- streptomycin (n.)
- antibiotic drug, 1944, from Modern Latin Streptomyces, genus name of the bacterium from which the antibiotic was obtained, from strepto- "twisted" + -mycin, element used in forming names of substances obtained from fungi, from Latinized form of Greek mykes "fungus" (see mucus). First isolated by U.S. microbiologist Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973) and others.
Example
- 1. Has he ever received streptomycin or kanamycin injections ?
- 2. And penicillin , streptomycin and sulfa drugs are generally ineffective .
- 3. Antibiotics are used to fight such diseases as pneumonia , scarlet fever , and tuberculosis . Penicillin is the most widely used antibiotic . Others include streptomycin , chloromycetin , and aureomycin .
- 4. Spiked recoveries of streptomycin in royal jelly .
- 5. I 'll give you a dose of streptomycin .