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cefotetan

cefotetan noun: a particular cephalosporin antibiotic.

Noun

cefotetan (uncountable)

  1. A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.

Origin of cefotetan

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + -o- + (di)th(i)etan(e).

Questions about cefotetan

What does cefotetan mean?
Cefotetan means a particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
What part of speech is cefotetan?
Cefotetan is a noun.

Words near cefotetan in the dictionary

  1. cefoselis
  2. cefotaximase
  3. cefotaximases
  4. cefotaxime
  5. cefotaximes
  6. cefotetan
  7. cefotiam
  8. cefovecin
  9. cefoxazole
  10. cefoxitin
  11. cefoxitine

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