/strep'teuh muy"sin/ , n. Pharm.
an antibiotic, C 21 H 39 N 7 O 12 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis. Cf. dihydrostreptomycin .
[ 1944; Streptomyc ( es ) STREPTOMYCES + -IN 2 ]