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STREPTOMYCIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does streptomycin mean? 

STREPTOMYCIN (noun)
  The noun STREPTOMYCIN has 1 sense:

1. an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosisplay

  Familiarity information: STREPTOMYCIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STREPTOMYCIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("streptomycin" is a kind of...):

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)


 Context examples 


A derivative of streptomycin, aminoglycoside antibiotic, with bactericidal property.

(Dihydrostreptomycin, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance that works against many types of bacteria and includes streptomycin, gentamicin, and neomycin.

(Aminoglycoside antibiotic, NCI Dictionary)

B lentus is found in soil, marine waters and sediments and is resistant to nalidixic acid and streptomycin and utilized in the biotechnology industry as a sources of alkaline proteases.

(Bacillus lentus, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is acid-fast, catalase, urease and nitrate reduction negative, positive for acid phosphatase activity, and is resistant to isoniazid, para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) and ethambutol, but sensitive to rifampicin and streptomycin.

(Mycobacterium ulcerans, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is acid fast, catalase positive, niacin, peroxidase, nitrate reductase, and urease negative, and may be susceptible to pnitrobenzoate, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, rifampin, and streptomycin.

(Mycobacterium avium, NCI Thesaurus)



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