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noun Pharmacology.
any of a group of drugs closely related in chemical structure to sulfanilamide, having a bacteriostatic rather than a bacteriocidal effect: used in the treatment of various wounds, burns, and infections.
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Also called sulfa.
Origin of sulfa drug
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby sulfa drug
Suleiman I, sulf-, sulfa, sulfadiazine, sulfadimidine, sulfa drug, sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, Sulfamylon, sulfanilamide, sulfanilic acid
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How to use sulfa drug in a sentence
Her father, her mother said on the phone, had fallen into a coma after his kidneys failed in response to a sulfa drug.
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British Dictionary definitions for sulfa drug
sulfa drug
/ (ˈsʌlfə) /
noun
any of a group of sulfonamide compounds that inhibit the activity of bacteria and are used in medicine to treat bacterial infections
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Scientific definitions for sulfa drug
sulfa drug
[ sÅl′fÉ™ ]
See under sulfonamide.
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