English Explanatory Dictionary

cefapirin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An injectable cephalosporin antibiotic.

Word forms

cefapirin cephapirin

Etymology

Etymology tree Translingual Cephalosporium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English cephalosporin Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cephalosporanic German Pyridinbor. English pyridine Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English pyridinyl English cefapirin From cepha(losporanic acid) + pyr(id)in(yl).

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