English Explanatory Dictionary

sulfanilamide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of amino substituted aromatic sulfonamides that are used as antifungal antibiotics; but especially the parent compound 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide

Word forms

sulfanilamide sulfanilamides sulphanilamide

Etymology

From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”).

Related words

sulfa sulpha
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