OXACILLIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

penicillinase-resistant antibiotic (a form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase)

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