fluoroquinolone

American  

[flawr-uh-kwin-uh-lohn, floor-] / ˌflɔr əˈkwɪn ə loʊn, ˌflʊər- /

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a quinolone enhanced by fluorine, and the most common type of quinolone used to fight bacterial infections.

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Etymology

Origin of fluoroquinolone

First recorded in 1980–85; fluoro- ( def. ) + quinolone ( def. )

Example Sentences

And I’ve extended my allergy list to all fluoroquinolone antibiotics since I found that Levaquin also caused it.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

However, fluoroquinolone use, and resistance remains at very high levels around the world.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023

He continued in this vein until the late 2010s, when he put his career on hold to deal with the side effects of being “floxed,” a bad reaction to a fluoroquinolone antibiotic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023

DrugDeveloperClinical phaseClass Nitroimidazole, fluoroquinolone, nicotinic acid derivative Sequella, a biotechnology firm in Rockville, Maryland, is testing combinations of its drug SQ109 and bedaquiline in mice in anticipation of Janssen’s drug getting approval.

From Nature • Jul. 25, 2012

And the Minnesota department of public health made headlines when it surveyed poultry on sale in the state's supermarkets and found 88% of the samples were contaminated by campylobacter, 20% of which were fluoroquinolone resistant.

From Time Magazine Archive