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dihydrostreptomycin

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[dahy-hahy-droh-strep-tuh-mahy-sin] / daɪˌhaɪ droʊˌstrɛp təˈmaɪ sɪn /

noun

Pharmacology.

  1. an antibiotic, C 21 H 41 N 7 O 12 , derived by organic synthesis from and believed to be less toxic than streptomycin: used in the form of its sulfate chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.

Etymology

Origin of dihydrostreptomycin

First recorded in 1945–50; di- 1 + hydro- 2 + streptomycin

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Called dihydrostreptomycin, the variant is now produced in two to three times the volume of ordinary streptomycin.

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