Log in or Sign up
ethambutol love

ethambutol

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An antibacterial drug, C10H24N2O2, used in a hydrochloride form with other drugs to treat pulmonary tuberculosis.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun pharmacology A bacteriostatic antimycobacterial drug prescribed to treat tuberculosis.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[eth(ylene) + am(ine) + but(an)ol.]

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ethambutol.

Examples

  • WHO is presently in discussions with pharmaceutical companies about improving the fixed dose formulations of childhood TB drugs, including, notably, ethambutol, which is currently not available in a child-friendly form.

    unknown title 2009

  • WHO is presently in discussions with pharmaceutical companies about improving the fixed dose formulations of childhood TB drugs, including, notably, ethambutol, which is currently not available in a child-friendly form.

    unknown title 2009

  • “A combination of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, streptomycin and ethambutol,” Packard told him.

    THE PROMISED WAR Thomas Greanias 2010

  • In the trials, Moxifloxacin will be substituted for either ethambutol or isoniazid, two drugs used in the current treatment that was developed more than 40 years ago.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • These include isoniazid or INH, PAS, streptomycin, and ethambutol.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • The most common anti-TB drugs are isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, streptomycin and ethambutol.

    Chapter 5 2000

  • The medicines usually given to treat TB include ethambutol, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin, streptomycin, and thiacetazone.

    Chapter 30 1997

  • Then give isoniazid with ethambutol, streptomycin, or possibly thiacetazone for 6 months.

    Chapter 31 1993

  • Otherwise, give isoniazid and either ethambutol, rifampin, or thiacetazone for 18 months.

    Chapter 31 1993

  • If rifampin is not available or is too expensive, give isoniazid, ethambutol, and streptomycin for 2 months, or until a test shows the sputum is negative.

    Chapter 31 1993

Log in or sign up to add your own related words.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.