See Also: strepto-(medicine)
strepto-(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
infrared ray(medicine)
infrared(dictionary)
Infrared(medicine)
infrared spectroscopy(medicine)
infrared radiation(encyclopedia)
infrared cataract(medicine)
infrared light(medicine)

infrared radiation (medicine) and strepto- (iou)


infrared radiation (medicine)


infrared radiation
Electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 750 nanometres and 1,000,000 nanometres (or 1 millimetre). This is more commonly known as heat energy.


strepto- (iou)



strepto- combining form. Before a vowel also strept-. L19.
[Greek, combining form of streptos twisted, from strephein turn, twist.]
Chiefly Science. Twisted; having the form of a twisted chain. Also, associated with or derived from streptococci or streptomycetes.
strepto'dornase noun [from deoxyribonuclease] Medicine an enzyme produced by some streptococci and capable of dissolving pus and fibrinous exudates M20.
strep'tolysin noun (Medicine) a haemolytic toxin produced by certain streptococci E20.
streptovaricin noun (Pharmacology) each of a group of related antibiotics produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis M20.
streptozotocin noun (Pharmacology) an antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces achromogenes that damages insulin-producing cells and is used to induce diabetes in laboratory animals M20.