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optochin Pharm.|ˈɒptəʊtʃɪn|
Also optoquine.
[ad. mod.L. optochinum (coined in Ger. by M. Goldschmidt 1913, in Klin. Monatsbl. f. Augenheilkunde LI. ii. 449), f. opto- (from its use in treating eye infections) + G. chin-in quinine.]
= ethylhydrocuprein(e s.v. ethyl.
1914Chem. Abstr. VIII. 3692 (heading) Chemotherapy of the pneumococci infections of the eye, particularly of the ulcus serpens by means of optochin ointment (ethylhydrocuprein). 1925[see ethylhydrocuprein(e s.v. ethyl]. 1957J. H. Burn Princ. Therapeutics xxvii. 225 When by 1918 it was agreed that, clinically, optochin was dangerous, hope of treating bacterial infections seemed to fade away. 1959Acta Path. et Microbiol. Scand. XLVII. 315 The optochin test is more reliable than the bile test in differentiating between pneumococci and streptococci. 1970Jrnl. Gen. Microbiol. LXI. 138 Assays were made..for the single transformant, to erythromycin, streptomycin, and optochin resistances. |