tuberculostático

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of English tuberculostatic or French tuberculostatique. First used as an adjective in an article published by La Vanguardia in 1950, and as a noun in an article published by the same newspaper in 1952.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tubeɾkulosˈtatiko/ [t̪u.β̞eɾ.ku.losˈt̪a.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -atiko
• Syllabification: tu‧ber‧cu‧los‧tá‧ti‧co

Adjective

tuberculostático (feminine tuberculostática, masculine plural tuberculostáticos, feminine plural tuberculostáticas)

1. (medicine) tuberculostatic (that halts the growth of tubercle mycobacteria)

Noun

tuberculostático m (plural tuberculostáticos)

1. (pharmacology) tuberculostatic (any drug of this kind)

Further reading

• “tuberculostático”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española, Real Academia Española, 2021.