noun
- an antibiotic drug used to treat bacterial infections, especially tuberculosis
Usage: medical
Examples
- The doctor prescribed streptomycin to treat the patient’s tuberculosis.
- Streptomycin was one of the first antibiotics discovered to be effective against TB.
- The bacteria showed resistance to streptomycin after prolonged treatment.
- Researchers isolated streptomycin from soil bacteria in the 1940s.
- Side effects of streptomycin can include hearing loss and kidney damage.
- The combination therapy included streptomycin along with other antibiotics.