CEPHALOSPORIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cephalosporin mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEPHALOSPORIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cephalosporin; Mefoxin

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

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cephalosporin"):

cefadroxil; Ultracef (a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef))

Cefobid; cefoperazone (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections)

cefotaxime; Claforan (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract)

ceftazidime; Fortaz; Tazicef (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections)

ceftriaxone; Rocephin (a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract)

Ceftin; cefuroxime; Zinacef (a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges)

cephalexin; Keflex; Keflin; Keftab (an oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract)

cephalothin (a semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin)

 Context examples 

A beta-lactam antibiotic and first-generation cephalosporin with bactericidal activity.

(Cefazolin, NCI Thesaurus)

A semisynthetic second-generation cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.

(Cefbuperazone, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of cefazedone, a semi-synthetic first-generation, oral cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.

(Cefazedone Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of cefazaflur, a semisynthetic first-generation cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.

(Cefazaflur Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A semisynthetic first-generation cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.

(Cefazaflur, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of cefbuperazone, a semi-synthetic second-generation cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.

(Cefbuperazone Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A semisynthetic third-generation cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.

(Cefcanel, NCI Thesaurus)

A third-generation cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.

(Cefdaloxime, NCI Thesaurus)

Moxalactam is a thrid-generation cephalosporin that has broad-spectrum antibiotic activity and high resistance to beta-lactameses.

(Moxalactam Disodium, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrate hydrochloride salt form of cefcapene pivalate, a prodrug and third-generation cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.

(Cefcapene Pivoxil Hydrochloride Hydrate, NCI Thesaurus)