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Meaning of "ethambutol" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ETHAMBUTOL

From eth(ylene) + am(ine) + but(an)ol.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ETHAMBUTOL

ethambutol  [ɛˈθæmbjʊˌtɒl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ETHAMBUTOL

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ethambutol is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ETHAMBUTOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ethambutol

Ethambutol is a bacteriostatic antimycobacterial drug prescribed to treat tuberculosis. It is usually given in combination with other tuberculosis drugs, such as isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide. Ethambutol is used along with other medications to treat a number of infections including: tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex, and Mycobacterium kansasii. It can cause problems with vision, liver problems and allergies among other side effects. It is pregnancy category C in the United States due to concerns with eye issues and category A in Australia meaning that they did not find evidence of harm after being taken by many pregnant women. It is reasonable to use during breast feeding if required. It is sold under the trade names Myambutol and Servambutol. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system.

Definition of ethambutol in the English dictionary

The definition of ethambutol in the dictionary is a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ETHAMBUTOL


amatol
ˈæməˌtɒl
atoll
ˈætɒl
cyclitol
ˈsɪklɪtɒl
erythritol
ɪˈrɪθrɪˌtɒl
eucalyptol
ˌjuːkəˈlɪptɒl
inositol
ɪˈnəʊsɪˌtɒl
maltol
ˈmɔːltɒl
mannitol
ˈmænɪˌtɒl
metol
ˈmiːtɒl
myoinositol
ˌmaɪəʊɪˈnəʊsɪˌtɒl
phytol
ˈfaɪtɒl
pinitol
ˈpɪnɪtɒl
santol
ˈsæntɒl
skatol
ˈskætɒl
sorbitol
ˈsɔːbɪˌtɒl
sotol
ˈsəʊtɒl
STOL
stɒl
VTOL
ˈviːtɒl
xylitol
ˈzaɪlɪˌtɒl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ETHAMBUTOL

eth
Eth.
ethal
ethanal
ethane
ethanedioic acid
ethanediol
ethanoate
ethanoic acid
ethanol
ethanolamine
ethanoyl
ethanoyl chloride
ethe
Ethelbert
Ethelred I
Ethelred II
Ethelwulf
ethene
etheostomine

WORDS THAT END LIKE ETHAMBUTOL

air pistol
Bristol
Capitol
City of Bristol
duelling pistol
extol
horse pistol
pistol
starting pistol
State Capitol
the Capitol
Very pistol
water pistol
wittol

Synonyms and antonyms of ethambutol in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ethambutol» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ETHAMBUTOL

Find out the translation of ethambutol to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ethambutol from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ethambutol» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乙胺丁醇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

etambutol
570 millions of speakers

English

ethambutol
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एथेमब्युटोल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإيثامبوتول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

этамбутол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

etambutol
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ethambutol
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éthambutol
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Etambutol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ethambutol
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エタンブトール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에탐부톨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ethambutol
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ethambutol
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ethambutol
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इथमंबुतॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

etambutol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

etambutolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

etambutol
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

етамбутол
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

etambutol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ethambutol
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ethambutol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

etambutol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

etambutol
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ethambutol

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ETHAMBUTOL»

The term «ethambutol» is normally little used and occupies the 117.826 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ETHAMBUTOL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ethambutol» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ethambutol» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ethambutol

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ETHAMBUTOL»

Discover the use of ethambutol in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ethambutol and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Clinical Ocular Pharmacology
Once changes have occurred in visual acuity, visual field, or color vision, these functional changes may continue to deteriorate even after ethambutol has been discontinued. More often, however, there is recovery of pretreatment visual acuity  ...
Jimmy D. Bartlett, Siret D. Jaanus, 2008
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Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine
lOOOr i 1 1 1 i IO IS 20 Time (minutes) 30 FIGURE 5.8 • Effect of ethambutol ( EMB) on the time course of incorporation of label from [14C]glucose into the arabmose residues of arabinomannan and arabinogalactan in ethambutol- susceptible ...
Victor Lorian, 2005
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Desk Reference of Clinical Pharmacology, Second Edition
Resistance to ethambutol develops very slowly in vitro. Mycobacteria take up ethambutol rapidly when the drug is added to cultures that are in the exponential growth phase. However, growth is not significantly inhibited before about 24 hours.
Manuchair Ebadi, 2007
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Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal ...
LWBK780-SectionE LWW-Briggs-clinical January 5, 2011 8:38 ETHAMBUTOL E ETHAMBUTOL Antituberculosis Agent PREGNANCY RECOMMENDATION: Compatible BREASTFEEDING RECOMMENDATION: Limited Human Data ...
Gerald G. Briggs, Roger K. Freeman, Sumner J. Yaffe, 2011
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Drug Susceptibility in the Chemotherapy of Mycobacterial ...
In subsequent publications they reported a synergistic interaction of ethambutol + ciprofloxacin58 and of other combinations containing ethambutol.59'61 They concluded that ethambutol was a key drug in the potentiation of synergistic ...
Leonid B. Heifets, 1991
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The Antimicrobial Drugs
Bobrowitz, I. D. Ethambutol in tuberculous meningitis. Chest 1972;61:529. 234. Djurovic, V., G. Delacroix, and P. Daumet. L'éthambutol chez l'homme. Etude comparative de taux sériques érythrocytaires et puhnonaires. Nouv. Presse Med.
Eric M. Scholar Associate Professor of Pharmacology University of Nebraska College of Medicine, William B. Pratt Professor of Pharmacology University of Michigan Medical School, 2000
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Oxford Textbook of Medicine
Isoniazid, rifampicin. pyrazinamide, and ethambutol or streptomycin" for 8 weeks Isoniazid and rifampicin for 16 weeks Isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol or streptomycin" for 2 weeks Same drugs for 6 weeks" Isoniazid and ...
D. A. Warrell, Timothy M. Cox, John D. Firth, 2003
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The AARP Guide to Pills: Essential Information on More Than ...
ETHAMBUTOL; 400 mg; Tablet Barr Laboratories Inc What are ethambutol tablets? ETHAMBUTOL (Myambutol®) is an oral chemo- therapeutic agent for the treatment and cure of tuberculosis. Ethambutol enters growing tubercular bacterial ...
MaryAnne Hochadel, Jerry Avorn, 2007
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Essentials of Tuberculosis in Children
cultured human macrophages. Am Rev Respir Dis 1985:32:742-5. 174. Mikusova K. Slayden RA. Besra GS, et al. Biogenesis of the mycobacterial cell wall and the site of action of ethambutol. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1995:39:2484-9.
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European Drug Index: European Drug Registrations, Fourth Edition
i.v. 400 mg/4 ml (BE) Myambutoltbl 100mg: ethambutolum 100mg (J04AK02) (CZ ) Myambutoltbl 400mg: ethambutolum 400mg (J04AK02) (CZ) Myambutol 100 mg - FilmtabletteniCy- anamid, Wolfratshausen, BRD) Filmtabletten: Ethambutol ...
Muller, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ETHAMBUTOL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ethambutol is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shortage of critical TB, lung infection drug worries patient, doctor
The treatment is 18 months of a combination of several drugs and the main one of which is ethambutol. When she reached the 12-month mark, ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
2
Drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex …
Phenotypic DST of the isolates against rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol and streptomycin was done using the BACTEC MGIT 960 indirect ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
3
Case Report Details Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in a Patient with …
... to put the patient under a four drug anti-tuberculous regimen of rifampin (RIF), isoniazid (INH), pyrazinamide (PZA) and ethambutol (EMB). «Lung Disease News, Jul 15»
4
Successful management of cutaneous BCG dissemination in a child …
A diagnosis of regional BCG infection was made and therapy with isoniazid, rifampin and ethambutol was started. After antimycobacterial ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
5
Tuberculosis primarily affects lungs
ethambutol (EMB). •pyrazinamide (PZA). Q. What is the person's prognosis after diagnosis? A. Treatment of latent TB infection is essential for ... «Jackson Sun, Jun 15»
6
Spinal tuberculosis may be treated surgically or with drugs
Isoniazid (Sandoz), Rifadin (rifampin, Sanofi Aventis), Myambutol (ethambutol hydrochloride, STI Pharma) and pyrazinamide are used to treat ... «Healio, Jun 15»
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Tuberculosis that resists cure
TDR shows resistance to all tested first- and second-line drugs — Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Streptomycin, Ethambutol, Pyrazinamide, Ethionamide, ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»
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Pic of God on TB poster riles Sene
In the poster, Narasimha %has a dozen hands with names of generic drugs (ethambutol, rifampicin, streptomycin, isoniazid, pyrazinamid etc) ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
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Woman With Drug-Resistant TB Sent To NIH After Traveling Across …
... treatments for tuberculosis include these antibiotics: isoniazid, rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane), ethambutol (Myambutol), and pyrazinamide. «Medical Daily, Jun 15»
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One in Eight TB Cases in Children Is Isoniazid-Resistant
... child has been exposed to such a case, the child should receive at least three drugs (rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol) for 6 months. «Medscape, Jun 15»

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