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sulphasalazine

sulphasalazine is the alternative form of sulfasalazine.

Meaning of sulfasalazine

Noun

sulfasalazine (countable and uncountable, plural sulfasalazines)

  1. A sulfonamide antibiotic used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) and several types of inflammatory arthritis (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis).

Forms of sulphasalazine

pluralsulphasalazines

Questions about sulphasalazine

What is sulphasalazine the alternative form of?
Sulphasalazine is the alternative form of sulfasalazine.

Words near sulphasalazine in the dictionary

  1. sulpharsenious acid
  2. sulpharsenite
  3. sulpharsenites
  4. sulpharsphenamine
  5. sulphas
  6. sulphasalazine
  7. sulphasalazines
  8. sulphasomidine
  9. sulphat
  10. sulphatara
  11. sulphataras

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