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)

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

Noun

tuberculostático m (plural tuberculostáticos)

(pharmacology) tuberculostatic (any drug of this kind)

Further reading

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

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