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Sulfone Anti-Infective Agent
Definition 1
Any of substance containing a sulfonyl functional group attached to two carbon atoms with antibiotic activity. Tthe general structural formula is R-S(=O)(=O)-R'. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
any compound of the type R-SO2-R. (NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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