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sulfa

/ˈsʌlfə/

sulfa adjective: of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.

Adjective

sulfa (not comparable)

  1. Of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.
    • But my osteo plagued me throughout the rest of my stay at the HNOH, and for several years even after leaving the Home. It wasn't until the discovery of penicillin and the sulfa drugs that I finally beat that condition.2000, Sam George Arcus, Deja Views of an Aging Orphan: Growing up in the Hebrew National Orphan Home

Noun

sulfa (plural sulfas)

  1. A sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.

Forms of sulfa

Adjective
alternative formsulpha
Noun
pluralsulfas

Words formed from sulfa

Phrases with sulfa

Questions about sulfa

What does sulfa mean?
Sulfa means of or containing sulfonamide or sulfanilamide.
What part of speech is sulfa?
Sulfa can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sulfa?
Sulfa is pronounced /ˈsʌlfə/.

Words near sulfa in the dictionary

  1. SULEV
  2. SULEVs
  3. Sulewski
  4. Sulewskis
  5. sulf-
  6. sulfa
  7. sulfa drug
  8. sulfa drugs
  9. sulfa-
  10. sulfabenzamide
  11. sulfacetamide

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