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    SULFA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABAplay

    Synonyms:

    sulfa; sulfa drug; sulfonamide; sulpha

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("sulfa" is a kind of...):

    antibacterial; antibacterial drug; bactericide (any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sulfa"):

    Sulamyd; sulfacetamide (a topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections)

    sulfadiazine (a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections)

    sulfamethazine; sulfamezathine (a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine)

    Gantanol; sulfamethoxazole (a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract))

    sulfanilamide (a white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs)

    sulfapyridine (sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamide)

    Gantrisin; sulfisoxazole (a sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract)

    Thiosulfil (trade name for a sulfonamide antibacterial)

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