streptomycin noun. [strɛptǝ'mʌɪsɪn] M20.
[from STREPTOMYCETE + -IN¹.]
Pharmacology. An antibiotic produced by the soil bacterium Streptomyces griseus, which was the first drug to be successful against tuberculosis but is now chiefly used with other drugs because of its toxic effects.

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