CIPRO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cipro mean? 

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

1. an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIPRO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cipro; ciprofloxacin

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

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

Domain usage:

trade name (a name given to a product or service)

 Context examples 

Cipro is a type of fluoroquinolone.

(Cipro, NCI Dictionary)

Also called Cipro.

(Ciprofloxacin, NCI Dictionary)