Variant form of antistreptococcal; effective against streptococcal bacteria and infections.
From anti- (against) + streptococcic (alternative adjectival form of streptococcus). This is an older or alternate spelling of antistreptococcal, both appearing in medical literature.
Medical terminology has lots of these variant forms—antistreptococcal vs. antistreptococcic—which shows how scientific language evolved before standardization. Doctors still debate which terms to use!
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