antituberculosis
adjEtymology From anti- + tuberculosis.
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Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis
- XDR-TB is defined as tuberculosis that is resistant to the two most important antituberculosis drugs (isoniazid and rifampin)[…].2007 March 20, Lawrence K. Altman, “Rise of a Deadly TB Reveals a Global System in Crisis”, in New York Times: