NALIDIXIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nalidixic acid mean? 

• NALIDIXIC ACID (noun)
  The noun NALIDIXIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections

  Familiarity information: NALIDIXIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NALIDIXIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

nalidixic acid; NegGram

Hypernyms ("nalidixic acid" is a kind of...):

antibacterial; antibacterial drug; bactericide (any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth)

 Context examples 

Nalidixic acid is active against most gram-negative organisms that cause urinary tract infections.

(Nalidixic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Pipemidic acid exhibits greater activity than piromidic acid or nalidixic acid and shows moderate activity against bacteria that are resistant to piromidic acid and nalidixic acid.

(Pipemidic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of ciprofloxacin, a fluoroquinolone related to nalidixic acid with antibacterial activity.

(Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

B lentus is found in soil, marine waters and sediments and is resistant to nalidixic acid and streptomycin and utilized in the biotechnology industry as a sources of alkaline proteases.

(Bacillus lentus, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria exhibits darting motility by single polar flagella, does not hydrolyze esculin, is indole and urease negative and shows susceptibility to nalidixic acid.

(Arcobacter cryaerophilus, NCI Thesaurus)

Nalidixic acid concentrates in the renal tubules and bladder and exerts its local antibacterial actions by interference of DNA gyrase activity, thereby inhibiting DNA synthesis during bacterial replication in a dose-dependent manner.

(Nalidixic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)