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chloramphenicol
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chloramphenicol has 1 sense
- chloramphenicol(n = noun.artifact) chloromycetin - an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever); Array is a kind of antibiotic, antibiotic drug
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chloramphenicol, n. Pharm. an antibiotic prepared from Streptomyces venezuelae or produced synthetically and used esp. against typhoid fever.
Etymology
CHLORO- + AMIDE + PHENO- + NITRO- + GLYCOL
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