Associations to the word «Cephalosporin»

Wiktionary

CEPHALOSPORIN, noun. Any of a class of natural and synthetic antibiotics developed from Cephalosporium fungi, having a cepham structure.

Dictionary definition

CEPHALOSPORIN, noun. One of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity.

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