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chloroamphenicol

chloroamphenicol is the alternative form of chloramphenicol.

Meaning of chloramphenicol

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.

Forms of chloroamphenicol

pluralchloroamphenicols

Questions about chloroamphenicol

What is chloroamphenicol the alternative form of?
Chloroamphenicol is the alternative form of chloramphenicol.

Words near chloroamphenicol in the dictionary

  1. chloroaluminates
  2. chloroamide
  3. chloroamides
  4. chloroamine
  5. chloroamines
  6. chloroamphenicol
  7. chloroanaemia
  8. chloroanemia
  9. chloroaniline
  10. chloroanilines
  11. chloroanisole

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