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SULFADIAZINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sulfadiazine mean?
• SULFADIAZINE (noun)
The noun SULFADIAZINE has 1 sense:
1. a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections
Familiarity information: SULFADIAZINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sulfadiazine" is a kind of...):
sulfa; sulfa drug; sulfonamide; sulpha (antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA)
Context examples
A fluoro-containing sulfadiazine derivative with hypoglycemic activity.
(Gliflumide, NCI Thesaurus)
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