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sulfacetamide

sulfacetamide noun: a sulfonamide antibiotic.

Noun

sulfacetamide (uncountable)

  1. A sulfonamide antibiotic.
  2. The amide of sulfacetic acid.

Origin of sulfacetamide

From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”) + acetamide.

Questions about sulfacetamide

What does sulfacetamide mean?
Sulfacetamide means a sulfonamide antibiotic.
What part of speech is sulfacetamide?
Sulfacetamide is a noun.

Words near sulfacetamide in the dictionary

  1. sulfa
  2. sulfa drug
  3. sulfa drugs
  4. sulfa-
  5. sulfabenzamide
  6. sulfacetamide
  7. sulfacetate
  8. sulfacetates
  9. sulfacetic
  10. sulfacetic acid
  11. sulfachinoxaline

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