Word origin
[1900–05;
strepto- (repr. generic names which begin with this element, as
Streptococcus) + (
hemo)
lysin]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, clone, elder statesman, geopolitics, hookupstrepto- is a combining form meaning “twisted,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix strepto- include: strepsipterous, streptodornase, streptokinase, streptomyces, streptothricin