ethambutoln.
/ɛˈθambjuːtɒl/, U.S. /ɛˈθæmbjuˌtɔl/, /ɛˈθæmbjuˌtɑl/ Pharmacology.
A bacteriostatic drug used esp. in the treatment of tuberculosis.Chemical name: (+)-N,N′-ethylenebis(2-aminobutan-1-ol); C10H24N2O2.
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1961 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 83 2212/1 Ethambutol is the generic name reserved for this isomer by the Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company.
1977 Lancet 11 June 1232/1 Patients with bacteriologically positive pulmonary tuberculosis were treated initially for an average of three and a half months with isoniazid, rifampicin, and ethambutol.
1989 J. A. B. Collier & J. M. Longmore Oxf. Handbk. Clin. Specialties (ed. 2) vi. 518 Ethambutol can have toxic effects upon the retina.
2002 New Scientist 9 Nov. (Inside Science 155) 3/3 The mainstays of treatment are two drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin, plus other compounds such as ethambutol and pyrazinamide.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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