amphotericin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of amphotericin
First recorded in 1950–55; amphoteric + -in 2
Example Sentences
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The most effective antifungal drugs belong to a class called amphotericin.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
Treatment is an IV drug called amphotericin B, followed by usually at least a year of oral antifungals at various different dosages.
From Scientific American • May 22, 2023
Called liposomal amphotericin, it packages the active ingredient within tiny droplets of fat that are infused into the body intravenously, for hours a day, over a week.
From National Geographic • Oct. 19, 2015
Both were given amphotericin B, a powerful antimicrobial known by many doctors as ampho-terrible because it often makes patients feel terribly sick and can damage the kidneys.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2014
House orders amphotericin B, which will treat the fungal infection but—as Adams points out—interact with the antibiotics in a way that will probably leave him deaf as well as blind.
From Time • Mar. 20, 2012
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