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pasiniazid

pasiniazid noun: the drug 4-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid;pyridine-4-carbohydrazide used to treat TB and leprosy.

Noun

pasiniazid (uncountable)

  1. The drug 4-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid;pyridine-4-carbohydrazide used to treat TB and leprosy
    • Of the six positive tuberculosis cultures, 33.3 % (2/6) were resistant to isoniazid, 33.3 % (2/6) to rifampicin, 16.7 % (1/6) to streptomycin, 16.7 % (1/6) to pasiniazid, and 16.7 % (1/6) were resistant to rifapentine.2015 August 6, Xiaobo Luo et al., “The efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy in treating sacroiliac joint tuberculosis with a chronic sinus tract: a case series”, in Journal of Orthopaedic...

Questions about pasiniazid

What does pasiniazid mean?
Pasiniazid means the drug 4-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid;pyridine-4-carbohydrazide used to treat TB and leprosy.
What part of speech is pasiniazid?
Pasiniazid is a noun.

Words near pasiniazid in the dictionary

  1. Pasilingua
  2. pasilla
  3. pasillas
  4. pasillo
  5. pasimology
  6. pasiniazid
  7. Pasiocan
  8. Pasion
  9. Pasions
  10. Pasiphae
  11. Pasiphaean

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