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fluoroquinolone

fluoroquinolone noun: any of a class of antibiotics (fluoro derivatives of quinolone) derived from nalidixic acid.

Noun

fluoroquinolone (plural fluoroquinolones)

  1. Any of a class of antibiotics (fluoro derivatives of quinolone) derived from nalidixic acid.

Forms of fluoroquinolone

pluralfluoroquinolones

Questions about fluoroquinolone

What does fluoroquinolone mean?
Fluoroquinolone means any of a class of antibiotics (fluoro derivatives of quinolone) derived from nalidixic acid.
What part of speech is fluoroquinolone?
Fluoroquinolone is a noun.
What is the plural of fluoroquinolone?
The plural of fluoroquinolone is fluoroquinolones.

Words near fluoroquinolone in the dictionary

  1. fluoropyrimidines
  2. fluoropyrrole
  3. fluoropyrroles
  4. fluoroquinoline
  5. fluoroquinolines
  6. fluoroquinolone
  7. fluoroquinolones
  8. fluoroquinone
  9. fluoroquinones
  10. fluororadiography
  11. fluororuby

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