cloxacillin

[klok-suh-sil-in]

noun Pharmacology.

a semisynthetic penicillin, C19H17ClN3NaO5S, used chiefly against penicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections.

Origin of cloxacillin

1965–70; blend of chlor-² and oxacillin

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British Dictionary definitions for cloxacillin

cloxacillin

noun

a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat staphylococcal infections due to penicillin-resistant organisms

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