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chloramphenicol

Syllables: chlor·am·phen·i·colUK/ˌklɔː.ɹamˈfɛ.nɪ.kɒl/US/ˌklɔˌɹæmˈfɛ.nɪˌkɔl/

chloramphenicol noun: a broad-spectrum antibiotic C₁₁H₁₂Cl₂N₂O₅ isolated from cultures of a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces venezuelae) or prepared synthetically and used against serious infections such as typhoid fever.

Noun

chloramphenicol (countable and uncountable, plural chloramphenicols)

  1. A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₁₁H₁₂Cl₂N₂O₅ isolated from cultures of a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces venezuelae) or prepared synthetically and used against serious infections such as typhoid fever.

chloramphenicol meaning in Tamil and Kannada

chloramphenicol in Tamil

குளோரம்பெனிகால் எதிருயிரி

chloramphenicol in Kannada

ಕ್ಲೋರಂಫೆನಿಕಾಲ್

Forms of chloramphenicol

pluralchloramphenicols

Origin of chloramphenicol

From chlor- + am(ide) + phen- + ni(tro)- + (gly)col.

Questions about chloramphenicol

What does chloramphenicol mean?
Chloramphenicol means a broad-spectrum antibiotic C₁₁H₁₂Cl₂N₂O₅ isolated from cultures of a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces venezuelae) or prepared synthetically and used against serious infections such as typhoid fever.
What is chloramphenicol in Tamil?
Chloramphenicol in Tamil is குளோரம்பெனிகால் எதிருயிரி. See Chloramphenicol meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chloramphenicol?
Chloramphenicol is a noun.
How do you pronounce chloramphenicol?
Chloramphenicol is pronounced /ˌklɔː.ɹamˈfɛ.nɪ.kɒl/ (UK).
What is the plural of chloramphenicol?
The plural of chloramphenicol is chloramphenicols.

Words near chloramphenicol in the dictionary

  1. chloramine-T
  2. chloramines
  3. chloraminophene
  4. chloramiphene
  5. chloramizole
  6. chloramphenicol
  7. chloramphenicols
  8. chloramultilide
  9. chlorane
  10. chloranemic
  11. chloraniformethan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chloramphenicol (page history and authors); chloramphenicol (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chloramphenicol (Kannada 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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