pyrazinamide

From pyrazinoic acid +‎ -amide.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪ.ɹəˈzɪn.ə.mʌɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪɹ.əˈzɪn.əˌmaɪd/

pyrazinamide (countable and uncountable, plural pyrazinamides)

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) The amide of pyrazinoic acid; a bacteriostatic prodrug, pyrazine-2-carboxamide, used to treat tuberculosis.

• pyrazinamidase

• “pyrazinamide”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “pyrazinamide”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.