cephalosporin

[ sef-uh-loh-spawr-in, -spohr- ]

/ ˌsɛf ə loʊˈspɔr ɪn, -ˈspoʊr- /

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noun Pharmacology.

any of a group of widely used broad-spectrum antibiotics, originally isolated as a product of fermentation from the fungus Cephalosporium acremonium.

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Origin of cephalosporin

1950–55; <New Latin Cephalospor(ium) the genus (see cephalo-, -spore, -ium) + -in²

Words nearby cephalosporin

cephalometer, cephalometry, cephalon, Cephalonia, cephalopod, cephalosporin, cephalothorax, cephalous, Cephalus, -cephaly, Cepheid

British Dictionary definitions for cephalosporin

cephalosporin

/ (ˌsɛfələʊˈspɔːrɪn) /

noun

any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium

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