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oxacillin

[ ok-suh-sil-in ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a semisynthetic penicillin, C 1 9 H 1 9 N 3 O 5 S, used in the treatment of serious staphylococcal infections.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of oxacillin1

1960–65; (is)oxa(zole) , a component of its chemical name + (peni)cillin

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