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sulfanilamide

American

[suhl-fuh-nil-uh-mahyd, -mid] / ˌsʌl fəˈnɪl əˌmaɪd, -mɪd /

noun

Pharmacology.

a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.

Etymology

Origin of sulfanilamide

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

Example Sentences

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Over the next few years, pharmaceutical companies including Merck, Squibb, and Eli Lilly started to manufacture sulfanilamide mostly as pills and tablets.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2022

The doctor who gave these patients sulfanilamide, A.S.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2022

I am allergic to sulfanilamide and things like red yeast rice.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2018

Massengill Co. of Bristol, Tenn., dissolved the sulfanilamide with an industrial substance that was a chemical relative of antifreeze.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2015

He removed some packets of sulfanilamide from the first-aid kit.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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