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oxacillins

oxacillins is the plural of oxacillin.

Meaning of oxacillin

Noun

oxacillin (countable and uncountable, plural oxacillins)

  1. A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic made by chemical modification of penicillin and administered in the form of its hydrated sodium salt C₁₉H₁₈N₃NaO₅S·H₂O to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant staphylococci.

Questions about oxacillins

What is oxacillins the plural of?
Oxacillins is the plural of oxacillin.

Words near oxacillins in the dictionary

  1. oxacids
  2. oxacilinase
  3. oxacillin
  4. oxacillinase
  5. oxacillinases
  6. oxacillins
  7. oxacycle
  8. oxacycles
  9. oxacyclic
  10. oxacycloheptene
  11. oxacycloheptenes

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