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chlorophenical

chlorophenical is the misspelling 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.

Questions about chlorophenical

What is chlorophenical the misspelling of?
Chlorophenical is the misspelling of chloramphenicol.

Words near chlorophenical in the dictionary

  1. chloropesticides
  2. chlorophacinone
  3. chlorophaeite
  4. chlorophane
  5. chlorophanes
  6. chlorophenical
  7. chlorophenol
  8. chlorophenols
  9. chlorophenothane
  10. chlorophenoxies
  11. chlorophenoxy

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