[ ˌʌɪsə(ʊ)'nʌɪəzɪd ]
■ noun Medicine a synthetic compound used as a bacteriostatic drug, chiefly to treat tuberculosis.
Origin
1950s: from iso- + ni(cotinic acid) + (hydr)azine + -ide .
[ ˌʌɪsə(ʊ)'nʌɪəzɪd ]
■ noun Medicine a synthetic compound used as a bacteriostatic drug, chiefly to treat tuberculosis.
Origin
1950s: from iso- + ni(cotinic acid) + (hydr)azine + -ide .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004