nitrofurantoin

[ nahy-troh-fyoo-ran-toh-in ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. an antimicrobial substance, C8H6N4O5, used for the treatment of urinary tract infections.

Origin of nitrofurantoin

1
1950–55; nitro- + fur(furyl) + (hyd)antoin, components of its chemical name

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