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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)
- (medicine) tuberculostatic (that halts the growth of tubercle mycobacteria)
Noun
tuberculostático m (plural tuberculostáticos)
- (pharmacology) tuberculostatic (any drug of this kind)
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