CEFOPERAZONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cefoperazone mean? 

• CEFOPERAZONE (noun)
  The noun CEFOPERAZONE has 1 sense:

1. a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections

  Familiarity information: CEFOPERAZONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEFOPERAZONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cefobid; cefoperazone

Hypernyms ("cefoperazone" is a kind of...):

cephalosporin; Mefoxin (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)

 Context examples 

Cefoperazone binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.

(Cefoperazone, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of cefoperazone and a semi-synthetic, broad-spectrum, beta-lactamase resistant, third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity.

(Cefoperazone Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Cefoperazone sodium inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis by inactivating penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) thereby interfering with the final transpeptidation step required for cross-linking of peptidoglycan units which are a component of bacterial cell walls.

(Cefoperazone Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)