ISONIAZID


Meaning of ISONIAZID in English

[ 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 .

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