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PRONUNCIATION OF ETHIONAMIDE

ethionamide  [ˌiːθɪˈɒnəˌmaɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ETHIONAMIDE

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Ethionamide is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ETHIONAMIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ethionamide

Ethionamide is an antibiotic used in the treatment of tuberculosis. It was discovered in 1956. It is sold under the brand name Trecator or Trecator SC by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals which was purchased by Pfizer in 2009. Ethionamide is part of a group of drugs used in the treatment of drug resistant TB called thioamides. It is used as part of treatment regimens, generally involving 5 medicines, to treat MDR and XDR TB. Ethionamide is used as part of a South Africa’s standard regimen to treat MDR TB. It has been proposed for use in combination with gatifloxacin.

Definition of ethionamide in the English dictionary

The definition of ethionamide in the dictionary is an antibiotic used in treating tuberculosis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ETHIONAMIDE


acrylamide
əˈkrɪləˌmaɪd
anandamide
əˈnændəˌmaɪd
carbamide
ˈkɑːbəˌmaɪd
ceramide
ˈsɛrəˌmaɪd
chlorpropamide
klɔːˈprəʊpəˌmaɪd
cyanamide
saɪˈænəˌmaɪd
cyanogenamide
ˌsaɪənəʊˈdʒɛnəˌmaɪd
cycloheximide
ˌsaɪkləʊˈheksəˌmaɪd
cyclophosphamide
ˌsaɪkləʊˈfɒsfəˌmaɪd
diethylamide
daɪˈiːθɪləˌmaɪd
dimethylformamide
daɪˌmiːθaɪlˈfɔːməˌmaɪd
formamide
ˈfɔːməˌmaɪd
frusemide
ˈfrʌsəˌmaɪd
furosemide
ˈfjʊərˌəʊsəˌmaɪd
niacinamide
ˌnaɪəˈsɪnəˌmaɪd
nicotinamide
ˌnɪkəˈtɪnəˌmaɪd
polyacrylamide
ˌpɒlɪəˈkrɪləˌmaɪd
sulphonamide
sʌlˈfɒnəˌmaɪd
thalidomide
θəˈlɪdəˌmaɪd
tolbutamide
tɒlˈbjuːtəˌmaɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ETHIONAMIDE

ethical code
ethical drug
ethical investment
ethicality
ethically
ethicalness
ethician
ethicise
ethicism
ethicist
ethicize
ethics
ethion
ethionine
Ethiop
Ethiope
Ethiopia
Ethiopian
Ethiopic
ethiops

WORDS THAT END LIKE ETHIONAMIDE

acetamide
acetazolamide
amide
bromide
calcium cyanamide
diamide
indapamide
lysergic acid diethylamide
nialamide
nikethamide
polyamide
salicylamide
sodamide
sodium amide
sulfacetamide
sulfonamide
sulphacetamide
sulphanilamide
thiocarbamide
tryparsamide

Synonyms and antonyms of ethionamide in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ethionamide» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ETHIONAMIDE

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

Translator English - Chinese

ethionamide
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

etionamida
570 millions of speakers

English

ethionamide
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ethionamide
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إيثيوناميد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

этионамида
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ethionamide
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ethionamide
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éthionamide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ethionamide
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ethionamide
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エチオナミド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ethionamide
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ethionamide
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ethionamide
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ethionamide
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ethionamide
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

etiyonamid
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ethionamide
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

etionamid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

етіонаміду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

etionamida
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αιθειοναμίδιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ethionamide
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Ethionamide
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Ethionamide
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ethionamide

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ETHIONAMIDE»

The term «ethionamide» is normally little used and occupies the 120.945 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ETHIONAMIDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ethionamide» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ethionamide» 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 ethionamide

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ETHIONAMIDE»

Discover the use of ethionamide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ethionamide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine
Ethionamide Isonicotinyl thioamide and a variety of derivatives, including ethionamide (2-ethylpyridine-4-carbonic acid thioamide), are potent inhibitors of M. tuberculosis and other mycobacteria. Ethionamide inhibits the synthesis of mycolic ...
Victor Lorian, 2005
2
Nurse's Drug 2009
410 ethionamide velops dementia or signs or symptoms of cardiovascular disease, such as CVA, MI, pulmonary embolism, or venous thrombosis. •Be aware that ethinyl estradiol and norges- timate may worsen mood disorders, including ...
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008
3
Drug Susceptibility in the Chemotherapy of Mycobacterial ...
A. ISONIAZID AND OTHER MYCOLIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS ( ETHIONAMIDE AND THIACETAZONE) In l946, thiacetazone was the first among these three drugs to be proposed as an antituber- culosis agent.38 In l952, further work ...
Leonid B. Heifets, 1991
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Modern Pharmacology with Clinical Applications
It is thought that mutations in the region of the (inhA) gene that are involved in mycolic acid synthesis can cause both isoniazid and ethionamide resistance. Ethionamide is well absorbed following oral administration. It is rapidly and widely ...
Charles R. Craig, Robert E. Stitzel, 2004
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Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice: A Practical Approach
Para-aminosalicylic Acid and Ethionamide Para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS; Sodium P.A.S.) and ethion- amide (Trecator) are antitubercular anti-infectives, with bac- teriostatic activity against TB. They are used much less commonly since  ...
Virginia Poole Arcangelo, Andrew M. Peterson, 2006
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Conceptual Pharmacology
Fluoroquinolones, ethionamide and cycloserine are some of the commonly used second- line antituberculous drugs to treat MDR-TB. SECOND-LINE DRUGS FOR TUBERCULOSIS Ethionamide (Thioisonicotinamide) Ethionamide is ...
Jagadish Prasad, P., 2010
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Analytical Methods for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and ...
JWBS042-Xu October 6, 2010 19:49 Ethionamide is slightly soluble in water, chloroform, and ether and sparingly soluble in alcohol and propylene glycol. It is soluble in methanol. METHODS Assay 1 Conte et al. [1] developed an LC-MS/MS  ...
Q. Alan Xu, Timothy L. Madden, 2011
8
Psychiatric Side Effects of Prescription and ...
1990). The combination of ethionamide and ethanol has also been reported to synergistically induce psychosis 0. P. Griffin et al. 1987y). The clinician should anticipate that the profile of encephalopathic drug-drug interactions involving pro-  ...
Thomas Markham Brown, Alan Stoudemire, 1998
9
Antituberculosis Chemotherapy
Mutations in the inhA promoter region cause target associated cross-resistance with low-level isoniazid resistance and high-level ethionamide resistance [21, 22] . With the development of new polymerase-chain-reaction-based diagnostic tools  ...
Peter R. Donald, Paul D. Van Helden, 2011
10
New Topics in Tuberculosis Research
Resistance Initial phase Continued Phase (after negative culture) H(S) 2-3 months 6 months R+aminoglycosides*+Z+E R+E H, E (S) 2-3 months 6 months R +aminoglycosides*+Z+ R+ ethionamide** ethionamide** H, Z (S) 2-3 months 6 ...
Donald D. Spiegelburg, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ETHIONAMIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ethionamide is used in the context of the following news items.
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Global analyses of TetR family transcriptional regulators in …
The role of EthR in the control of ethA, an enzyme required for the activation of an anti-tuberculosis therapy ethionamide, is well documented ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
2
An oral antidiabetic drug shows promise for treating tuberculosis
... including multidrug-resistant strains, and enhances the efficacy of conventional anti-tuberculosis drugs such as isoniazid and ethionamide. «Medical Xpress, Jun 15»
3
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»
4
D-cycloserine to enhance extinction of cue-elicited craving for …
... (2) a history of epilepsy/seizures, renal problems or hepatic problems; (3) contraindicated medications (for example, ethionamide, isoniazid, ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
5
TB catch-all strategy rings alarm
... second-line drugs called fluoroquinolones - moxifloxacin, ofloxacin, and ethionamide - among patients from the greater Mumbai metropolitan ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Feb 15»
6
MDR-TB drug shortage continues
The drugs in short supply include capreomycine, ethionamide, paminosalicylic acid (PAS), cycloserine and INH. In the city, medicine boxes are ... «The Asian Age, Jan 15»
7
Using a diabetes drug to treat TB shows promise
When given along with isoniazid (INH) or ethionamide, the tissue damage reduction was even better compared to mice treated with only ... «The Hindu, Nov 14»
8
Use of drug susceptibility testing to select therapy improves …
... and later-generation quinolones) and drugs from group 4 agents (ethionamide/prothionamide, cycloserine or para-aminosalicylic acid). «aidsmap, Aug 14»
9
Several chemists in state not complied with Sch H1, FDA to start …
... Codein, Cycloserine, Diazepam, Diphenoxylate, Doripenem, Ertapenem, Ethambutol Hydrochloride, Ethionamide, Feropenem, Gemifloxacin, ... «pharmabiz.com, Apr 14»
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Carmen Fariña's game plan to undo (and redo) the Bloomberg years
Pingback: {ethionamide ethionamide|ethionamide photo|ethionamide hiv|ethionamide tsh|ethionamide distribution|ethionamide tuberculosis ... «Chalkbeat Memphis, Feb 14»

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