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oxacillin

[ ok-suh-sil-in ]
/ ˌɒk səˈsɪl ɪn /

noun Pharmacology.

a semisynthetic penicillin, C19H19N3O5S, used in the treatment of serious staphylococcal infections.

Nearby words

  1. ox-eyed,
  2. ox-hide,
  3. ox-tongue partisan,
  4. ox.,
  5. oxa-,
  6. oxalate,
  7. oxalate calculus,
  8. oxalemia,
  9. oxalic,
  10. oxalic acid

Origin of oxacillin

1960–65; (is)oxa(zole), a component of its chemical name + (peni)cillin
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