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amphoterrible

amphoterrible noun: the antifungal medication amphotericin B, known for its severe and potentially lethal side effects.

Noun

amphoterrible (uncountable)

  1. (humorous, informal, mildly) The antifungal medication amphotericin B, known for its severe and potentially lethal side effects.
    • A few days later he was in the ICU candida growing out of everywhere. If it hadn' been for amphoterrible, he'd have been a dead duck.1999 October 1, Steven B. Harris, “Re: Flu Shot Time Again”, in misc.health.alternative (Usenet)
    • Dr. Cheng said, “I want you to just nod or shake your head. If I can't understand you, we'll go to Fiona, alright? I want to know if I have your okay to take you off the pentam and the amphoterrible. That means we'd be officially starting hospice. And I want you on morphine.”2018, Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers, Viking Press, →ISBN

Origin of amphoterrible

Blend of amphotericin B + terrible.

Questions about amphoterrible

What does amphoterrible mean?
Amphoterrible means the antifungal medication amphotericin B, known for its severe and potentially lethal side effects.
What part of speech is amphoterrible?
Amphoterrible is a noun.

Words near amphoterrible in the dictionary

  1. amphotericine
  2. amphotericins
  3. amphotericity
  4. amphoterin
  5. amphoterism
  6. amphoterrible
  7. amphothericin
  8. amphothericins
  9. amphotonia
  10. amphotony
  11. amphotrophic

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