streptomycin

[US]/ˌstreptə(ʊ)'maɪsɪn/
[UK]/ˌstrɛptə'maɪsɪn/
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Translation

n. Streptomycin: a medication used to treat tuberculosis and other infectious diseases.
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Example Sentences

I’ll give you a dose of streptomycin.

I'll prescribe rimifon 0.1g three times a day and injections of streptomycin 1gm once a day.

Critric acid bacillus is high sensitivity on gentamycin,amikacin,kanamycin and cephalothin, is low sensitivity on pencillin,streptomycin,acheomycin and syntactic sulfonamide.

The protein chip kit,ELISA kit and confirmatory methods were used to detect veterinary drug residues(enrofloxacin clenbuterol,streptomycin and sulfadimidine) in pig and chicken tissues.

Streptomycin is an antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections.

Doctors may prescribe streptomycin for tuberculosis or other bacterial diseases.

Some bacteria have developed resistance to streptomycin over time.

Streptomycin is commonly used in combination with other antibiotics for better effectiveness.

Long-term use of streptomycin may lead to certain side effects like hearing loss.

Streptomycin is particularly effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

The discovery of streptomycin was a significant milestone in the history of medicine.

Streptomycin is produced by certain species of soil bacteria.

Streptomycin is administered through injection or intravenous infusion.

Streptomycin is not effective against viral infections.

Real-world Examples

As you might have guessed, the old-school antibiotic streptomycin also comes from a strain of Streptomyces bacteria.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2022 Collection

Start her on I.N.H., rifampin and streptomycin.

Source: House M.D.

The supply of streptomycin met the people's needs.

Source: Pan Pan

So are the various illicit traffics in drugs, or rare medicines, such as aureo- and streptomycin and cortisone.

Source: Casino Royale of the 007 series

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