sulfisoxazole

[suhl-fi-sok-suh-zohl]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a white to yellowish, crystalline, slightly bitter sulfonamide, C 1 1 H 1 3 N 3 O 3 S, used chiefly in the treatment of infections of the urinary tract.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sulfisoxazole¹

1960–65; sulf(onamide) + isoxazole; is-, ox-, azole

Example Sentences

The strain typically resists four major antibiotics: ampicillin, streptomycin, sulfisoxazole and tetracycline.

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