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AZITHROMYCIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does azithromycin mean?
• AZITHROMYCIN (noun)
The noun AZITHROMYCIN has 1 sense:
1. a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body
Familiarity information: AZITHROMYCIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
azithromycin; Zithromax
Hypernyms ("azithromycin" is a kind of...):
antibacterial; antibacterial drug; bactericide (any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth)
Context examples
Azithromycin reversibly binds to the 50S ribosomal subunit of the 70S ribosome of sensitive microorganisms, thereby inhibiting the translocation step of protein synthesis, wherein a newly synthesized peptidyl tRNA molecule moves from the acceptor site on the ribosome to the peptidyl (donor) site, and consequently inhibiting RNA-dependent protein synthesis leading to cell growth inhibition and cell death.
(Azithromycin, NCI Thesaurus)
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