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cefalonium

cefalonium noun: a cephalosporin antibiotic.

Noun

cefalonium (uncountable)

  1. A cephalosporin antibiotic.

Origin of cefalonium

From cephalo(sporanic acid) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

Questions about cefalonium

What does cefalonium mean?
Cefalonium means a cephalosporin antibiotic.
What part of speech is cefalonium?
Cefalonium is a noun.

Words near cefalonium in the dictionary

  1. cefaclidine
  2. cefaclor
  3. cefadroxil
  4. cefalexin
  5. cefaloglycin
  6. cefalonium
  7. cefaloram
  8. cefaloridine
  9. cefalosporin
  10. cefalosporins
  11. cefalothin

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