streptomycin

streptomycin
noun Date: 1944 an antibiotic organic base C21H39N7O12 that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces griseus), is active against many bacteria, and is used especially in the treatment of infections (as tuberculosis) by gram-negative bacteria

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  • Streptomycin — vgl. Streptomyzin …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • streptomycin — (n.) antibiotic drug, 1944, from Mod.L. Streptomyces, genus name of the soil bacterium from which the antibiotic was obtained, from Gk. streptos twisted + mycin, element used in forming names of substances obtained from fungi, from Latinized form …   Etymology dictionary

  • streptomycin — ► NOUN Medicine ▪ an antibiotic used against tuberculosis. ORIGIN from Greek streptos twisted + muk s fungus …   English terms dictionary

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  • Streptomycin — drugbox IUPAC name = 5 (2,4 diguanidino 3,5,6 trihydroxy cyclohexoxy) 4 [4,5 dihydroxy 6 (hydroxymethyl) 3 methylamino tetrahydropyran 2 yl] oxy 3 hydroxy 2 methyl tetrahydrofuran 3 carbaldehyde CAS number = 57 92 1 ATC prefix = A07 ATC suffix =… …   Wikipedia

  • Streptomycin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Streptomycin Andere Namen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Streptomycin — Strep|to|my|cin 〈n. 11; unz.; fachsprachl.〉 = Streptomyzin * * * Strep|to|my|cin [↑ Strepto (1) u. ↑ mycin], das; s: Freiname für ein aus Streptomyces griseus Kulturen isolierbares Aminoglykosid Antibiotikum, das heute noch gegen Tuberkulose… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • streptomycin — /strep teuh muy sin/, n. Pharm. an antibiotic, C21H39N7O12, produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis. Cf.… …   Universalium

  • streptomycin A — SYN: streptomycin …   Medical dictionary

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