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cephalosporin has definitions from the fields of medicine,pharmacology
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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity

Synonyms

Mefoxin

Related terms

antibiotic cefoperazone cephalothin ceftazidime cefuroxime cephalexin cefotaxime cefadroxil ceftriaxone trade_name

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

S EH2 F AH0 L AO1 S P ER0 IH0 N

Similar Spelling

cephaloglycin cephalexin cephalaspid Cephalaspida cephalic_vein cephalochordate Cephalochordata cephalic_index

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