streptomycin

streptomycin
n.
an aminoglycoside antibiotic, derived from the bacterium Streptomyces griseus, that is used in combination with other drugs for treating tuberculosis and brucellosis. It is administered by intramuscular injection; side-effects causing ear and kidney damage may develop in some patients.

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  • Streptomycin — См. Стрептомицин (Источник: «Словарь терминов микробиологии») …   Словарь микробиологии

  • streptomycin — streptomycin. См. стрептомицин. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 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

  • streptomycin — ☆ streptomycin [strep΄təmī′sin ] n. [< STREPTOMYCES + IN1] an antibiotic, C21H39N7O12, obtained from a soil bacterium ( Streptomyces griseus) and used in treating various bacterial diseases, as tuberculosis …   English World dictionary

  • 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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