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dihydrostreptomycin

[ dahy-hahy-droh-strep-tuh-mahy-sin ]

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.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dihydrostreptomycin1

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

Examples have not been reviewed.

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

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