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Streptomycin

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Noun

1. streptomycin

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Streptomycin

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noun
an antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces griseus: used in the treatment of tuberculosis and Gram-negative bacterial infections. Formula: C21H39N7O12

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Streptomycin

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noun
an antibiotic, C21H39N7O12, obtained from a soil bacterium (Streptomyces griseus) and used in treating various bacterial diseases, as tuberculosis

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Streptomycin

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n.
An antibiotic, C21H39N7O12, produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus, used to treat bacterial infections caused chiefly by gram-negative bacteria and used under certain conditions to treat tuberculosis.

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