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pefloxacin

pefloxacin noun: a synthetic chemotherapeutic agent used to treat severe and life-threatening bacterial infections.

Noun

pefloxacin (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic chemotherapeutic agent used to treat severe and life-threatening bacterial infections.

Origin of pefloxacin

From (pi)pe(razine) + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).

Questions about pefloxacin

What does pefloxacin mean?
Pefloxacin means a synthetic chemotherapeutic agent used to treat severe and life-threatening bacterial infections.
What part of speech is pefloxacin?
Pefloxacin is a noun.

Words near pefloxacin in the dictionary

  1. PEFC
  2. PEFCs
  3. Peffley
  4. Peffleys
  5. peficitinib
  6. pefloxacin
  7. pefurazoate
  8. peg
  9. peg away
  10. peg back
  11. peg boy

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