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cloxacillin

[ klok-suh-sil-in ]
/ ˌklɒk səˈsɪl ɪn /

noun Pharmacology.

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

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Origin of cloxacillin

1965–70; blend of chlor-2 and oxacillin

Words nearby cloxacillin

clown, clown anemone, clown car, clown white, clownery, cloxacillin, cloy, cloying, cloze, cloze test, cloë
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British Dictionary definitions for cloxacillin

cloxacillin
/ (ˌklɒksəˈsɪlɪn) /

noun

a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat staphylococcal infections due to penicillin-resistant organisms
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012