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doxycycline

UK/ˌdɒk.sɪˈsʌɪ.kliːn/US/ˌdak.siˈsaɪːklin/

doxycycline noun: 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.

doxycycline: a broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ of the tetracycline class, which has a long half-life in the...
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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

Origin of doxycycline

Blend of d(e)oxy- + oxy(tetra)cycline.

Words formed from doxycycline

Questions about doxycycline

What does doxycycline mean?
Doxycycline means 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.
What part of speech is doxycycline?
Doxycycline is a noun.
How do you pronounce doxycycline?
Doxycycline is pronounced /ˌdɒk.sɪˈsʌɪ.kliːn/ (UK).

Words near doxycycline in the dictionary

  1. doxxes
  2. doxxin
  3. doxxing
  4. doxy
  5. doxycyclin
  6. doxycycline
  7. doxycyclines
  8. doxylamine
  9. doxylamine succinate
  10. DoxyPEP
  11. doxyrubicin

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