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sulphadoxine

sulphadoxine is the alternative spelling of sulfadoxine.

Meaning of sulfadoxine

Noun

sulfadoxine (uncountable)

  1. A long-lasting sulfonamide often used to treat or prevent malaria and certain infections of livestock.

Questions about sulphadoxine

What is sulphadoxine the alternative spelling of?
Sulphadoxine is the alternative spelling of sulfadoxine.

Words near sulphadoxine in the dictionary

  1. sulphacid
  2. sulphacids
  3. sulphadiazine
  4. sulphadiazines
  5. sulphadimidine
  6. sulphadoxine
  7. sulphafurazole
  8. sulphamate
  9. sulphamates
  10. sulphamethoxazole
  11. sulphamethoxydiazine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sulphadoxine (page history and authors); sulfadoxine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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