DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram-negative organisms

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dihydrostreptomycin" is a kind of...):

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

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