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Where does “dihydrostreptomycin” come from?

dihydrostreptomycin (English) comes from English streptomycin, from Translingual Streptomyces, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός, from Ancient Greek στρέφω, from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ-.

dihydrostreptomycin (English): A particular antibiotic

Definitions

  1. A particular antibiotic

Ancestry of “dihydrostreptomycin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstreptomycinAn aminoglycoside and bactericidal antibiotic...
2TranslingualStreptomyces—
3Ancient GreekστρεπτόςEasily twisted, pliant
4Ancient Greekστρέφωto twist
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrebʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European strebʰ- →