cefoxitin

[ suh-fok-si-tin ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a broad-spectrum, crystalline, semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic, C16H17N3O7, used in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Origin of cefoxitin

1
cef- (see cefaclor) + ox- + -itin, of unclear derivation

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