sulfanilamide

[suhl-fuh-nil-uh-mahyd, -mid]

noun Pharmacology.

a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C6H8N2O2S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.

Origin of sulfanilamide

First recorded in 1935–40; sulfanil(ic acid) + amide

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sulfanilamide in Medicine

sulfanilamide

[sŭl′fə-nĭl′ə-mīd′, -mĭd]

n.

A white, odorless crystalline sulfonamide used in the treatment of various bacterial infections.

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