streptomycin
/strep-tuh-mahy-sin/US // ˌstrɛp təˈmaɪ sɪn //UK // (ˌstrɛptəʊˈmaɪsɪn) //
链霉素,连霉素,斯里兰卡的链霉素,霉素
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Pharmacology.
- : an antibiotic, C21H39N7O12, produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
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Now that streptomycin is available, cases of tularemia in persons are easily cured.
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