noun
- plural of streptomycin; antibiotics produced by certain bacteria, used to treat various bacterial infections
Usage: medical
Examples
- The doctor prescribed streptomycins to treat the patient’s tuberculosis.
- Streptomycins are effective against many gram-positive bacteria.
- The laboratory tested various streptomycins for antibiotic resistance.
- Some streptomycins can cause hearing damage as a side effect.
- Researchers discovered streptomycins in soil bacteria in the 1940s.
- The hospital stocks several types of streptomycins for different infections.