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cefoxitin

cefoxitin noun: a particular cephalosporin antibiotic.

Noun

cefoxitin (uncountable)

  1. A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.

cefoxitin meaning in Tamil

cefoxitin in Tamil

ஸீபாக்ஸிட்டின்

Origin of cefoxitin

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + (meth)oxy + thi(ophe)n(e).

Questions about cefoxitin

What does cefoxitin mean?
Cefoxitin means a particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
What is cefoxitin in Tamil?
Cefoxitin in Tamil is ஸீபாக்ஸிட்டின். See Cefoxitin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cefoxitin?
Cefoxitin is a noun.

Words near cefoxitin in the dictionary

  1. cefotaximes
  2. cefotetan
  3. cefotiam
  4. cefovecin
  5. cefoxazole
  6. cefoxitin
  7. cefoxitine
  8. cefozopran
  9. cefpimizole
  10. cefpiramide
  11. cefpirome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cefoxitin (page history and authors); cefoxitin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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