amoxicillin

[ am-ok-suh-sil-in, uh-mok- ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a semisynthetic penicillin, C 18 H 19 N 3 O 5 S, taken orally as a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

amoxicillin

/ ə-mŏk′sĭ-sĭl′ĭn /

1. An antibiotic derived from penicillin, having an antibacterial spectrum of action similar to that of ampicillin. Chemical formula: C 16 H 19 N 3 O 5 .

Word History and Origins

Origin of amoxicillin¹

1970–75; perhaps am(ino-hydr)ox(yphenyl) part of its chemical name + (pen)icillin

Example Sentences

Now, a type of coral with skittle-D just off the Florida coast has improved several months after being treated with amoxicillin.

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Within about three months, some 95 percent of lesions treated with amoxicillin had healed.

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Within about three months of the treatment, some 95 percent of infected coral tissues treated with amoxicillin had healed.

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The researchers used the same amoxicillin paste and chlorinated epoxy treatments on more than 2,300 lesions on upwards of 1,600 coral colonies representing eight species, including great star coral.

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