streptomycin
/ˌstrɛptoʊˈmaɪsɪn/
noun
- A strong antibiotic medicine used to treat serious bacterial infections, especially tuberculosis.
- Streptomycin was one of the first effective treatments for tuberculosis.
- Farmers sometimes use streptomycin to treat bacterial diseases in fruit trees.
- The doctor prescribed streptomycin to fight the tuberculosis infection.