Medical Dictionary
dihydrostreptomycin
noun di·hy·dro·strep·to·my·cin \-ˌstrep-tə-ˈmīs-ən\
Medical Definition of DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN
: a toxic antibiotic C21H41N7O12 formerly used in the treatment of tuberculosis, tularemia, and infections caused by gram-negative organisms but abandoned because of its tendency to impair hearing
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