ethambutol

[ e-tham-byuh-tawl, -tol ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. an antimicrobial substance, C 10 H 24 N 2 O 2 , active against susceptible bacteria of the genus Mycobacterium, in the treatment, in combination with other drugs, of tuberculosis.

ethambutol

/ ɛˈθæmbjʊˌtɒl /

noun

1. a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis

Word History and Origins

Origin of ethambutol¹

First recorded in 1960–65; eth(ylene) + am(ine) + but(an)ol

Word History and Origins

Origin of ethambutol¹

from eth ( ylene ) + am ( ine ) + but ( an ) ol

Example Sentences

For an ordinary infection, the WHO-mandated treatment includes lengthy treatment with a cocktail of antibiotics: a two-month course of rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol followed by a four-month regimen of isoniazid and rifampicin alone.

From Scientific American

David Alland of Rutgers University, supports this view through a third study, also published in . His team sequenced 63 clinical samples of that had been exposed to the frontline drug ethambutol.

From Scientific American