sulfonamide
IPA: sˈʌɫfoʊnʌmˈideɪ
noun
- (chemistry) Any amide of a sulfonic acid RS(=O)₂NR'₂
- (pharmacology) Any of a group of antibiotics; a sulfa drug
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Examples of "sulfonamide" in Sentences
- Sulfonamide hypersensitivity syndrome.
- Clorexolone is a low ceiling sulfonamide diuretic.
- Sulfonamide is the basis of several groups of drugs.
- The first type tested the efficacy of sulfonamide drugs.
- Sulfa drugs are sulfonamides derived from aromatic sulfonation.
- Sulfadimidine or sulfamethazine, is a sulfonamide antibacterial.
- A tertiary amine will not react with the sulfonamide but is insoluble.
- The sulfonamide group forms a unique polar interaction with the enzyme.
- It turned out I had a violent allergic reaction to this sulfonamide drug.
- I removed the loose fragments and elevated the depressed ones, filled the thing full of sulfonamide and sewed him up tight.
- The 2011 version turns out to be resistant to eight classes of antibiotics, including penicillin, streptomycin and sulfonamide.
- Ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulfonamide have been used successfully in the treatment of infections caused by chloramphenicol-resistant strains.
- She was not convinced the drug was to blame, but she agreed to authorize a different prescription—a sulfonamide, a drug class that has been on the market even longer than penicillin.
- The factors that may have been responsible were, first, sulfonamide and penicillin for infection; second, ergometrine use to reduce postpartum hemorrhage; third, universal blood transfusion; and fourth, much better cooperation and better medical education and so on.
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