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cipro

cipro is the clipping of ciprofloxacin.

Meaning of ciprofloxacin

Noun

ciprofloxacin (uncountable, abbreviation cipro)

  1. A broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic C₁₇H₁₈FN₃O₃ that is often administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₇H₁₈FN₃O₃·HCl and is effective especially against gram-negative bacteria.

Questions about cipro

What is cipro the clipping of?
Cipro is the clipping of ciprofloxacin.

Words near cipro in the dictionary

  1. ciprianiite
  2. Ciprianis
  3. Cipriano
  4. Ciprianos
  5. Ciprians
  6. cipro
  7. ciprofibrate
  8. ciprofloxacin
  9. ciprofol
  10. cipropride
  11. ciprostene

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cipro (page history and authors); ciprofloxacin (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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