sulfa
Americanadjective
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related chemically to sulfanilamide.
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pertaining to, consisting of, or involving a sulfa drug or drugs.
noun
Etymology
Origin of sulfa
First recorded in 1935–40; short for sulfanilamide
Example Sentences
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In Buffalo, New York, a different AI tool misheard Dr. Lauren Bruckner when she told a teenage cancer patient it was a good thing she didn’t have an allergy to sulfa drugs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Dr. Sonnabend pioneered and promoted the use of an inexpensive sulfa drug to prevent this pneumonia in people with H.I.V.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2021
Discovered by German scientists in the 1930s, sulfa drugs had severe side effects, and researchers were motivated to find an alternative.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2020
This is also true of multiple oral antibiotics in the class known as sulfa drugs.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 19, 2020
Ishmael had maneuvered behind this dead man and taken the sulfa pills and a roll of bandages from the medical kit at his belt.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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