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SULFA DRUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA
Synonyms:
sulfa; sulfa drug; sulfonamide; sulpha
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sulfa drug" is a kind of...):
antibacterial; antibacterial drug; bactericide (any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sulfa drug"):
Sulamyd; sulfacetamide (a topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections)
sulfadiazine (a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections)
sulfamethazine; sulfamezathine (a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine)
Gantanol; sulfamethoxazole (a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract))
sulfanilamide (a white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs)
sulfapyridine (sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamide)
Gantrisin; sulfisoxazole (a sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract)
Thiosulfil (trade name for a sulfonamide antibacterial)
