pyrazinamide
[pir-uh-zin-uh-mahyd, -mid]
- a substance, C5H5N3O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
Origin of pyrazinamide
1950–55; pyrazine (<
German Pyrazin, alteration of
Pyridin pyridine, by insertion of
az- az-) +
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