tuberculostático

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Spanish

Etymology

Calque of English tuberculostatic or French tuberculostatique. First used as an adjective in an article published by La Vanguardia in 1950, and as a noun in an article published by the same newspaper in 1952.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tubeɾkulosˈtatiko/
  • Rhymes: -atiko
  • Syllabification: tu‧ber‧cu‧los‧tá‧ti‧co

Adjective

tuberculostático (feminine tuberculostática, masculine plural tuberculostáticos, feminine plural tuberculostáticas)

  1. (medicine) tuberculostatic (that halts the growth of tubercle mycobacteria)

Noun

tuberculostático m (plural tuberculostáticos)

  1. (pharmacology) tuberculostatic (any drug of this kind)

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