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dioxycycline

dioxycycline is the alternative form of doxycycline.

Meaning of doxycycline

Noun

doxycycline (uncountable)

  1. A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ of the tetracycline class, which has a long half-life in the body and used orally to treat various bacterial infections.
    • When his symptoms didnʼt improve, he was admitted to a local hospital and given doxycycline, a drug for tick-bite infections.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 373

Questions about dioxycycline

What is dioxycycline the alternative form of?
Dioxycycline is the alternative form of doxycycline.

Words near dioxycycline in the dictionary

  1. dioxopiperazine
  2. dioxopiperazines
  3. dioxouranium
  4. dioxybenzone
  5. dioxychlorination
  6. dioxycycline
  7. dioxydanidyl
  8. dioxydiamidoarsenobenzol
  9. dioxydithiomolybdate
  10. dioxygen
  11. dioxygen difluoride

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