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perfloxacin

perfloxacin noun: a particular quinolone antibiotic, 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-7-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-4-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid.

Noun

perfloxacin (uncountable)

  1. A particular quinolone antibiotic, 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-7-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-4-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid

Questions about perfloxacin

What does perfloxacin mean?
Perfloxacin means a particular quinolone antibiotic, 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-7-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-4-oxo-quinoline-3-carboxylic acid.
What part of speech is perfloxacin?
Perfloxacin is a noun.

Words near perfloxacin in the dictionary

  1. perflated
  2. perflates
  3. perflating
  4. perflation
  5. perflations
  6. perfloxacin
  7. perfloxacine
  8. perflubrodec
  9. perflubron
  10. perflubutane
  11. perfluoralkyl

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