Chloromycetin

[ klawr-oh-mahy-seet-n, klohr- ]

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand of chloramphenicol.

Chloromycetin

/ ˌklɔːrəʊmaɪˈsiːtɪn /

noun

1. a brand of chloramphenicol

Example Sentences

In desperation the rescue teams switched to a more powerful antibiotic, lacing a dozen squid with about 50 tablets each of Chloromycetin and pushing them down Physty's throat.

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The cut was bound to shake down prices of terramycin's two great competitors, Lederle's aureomycin and Parke, Davis' chloromycetin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Carney Love was 42, a slight and pretty woman, with two grown children and a record of generally good health; it was nothing more than bleeding gums from a recent tooth extraction that led her doctor, John Wolf of Redding, Calif., to give her the potent antibiotic Chloromycetin.

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A few months after she took Chloromycetin late in 1958, Mrs. Love felt weak and went to another doctor, who diagnosed aplastic anemia, in which the bone marrow fails to make enough blood cells.

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The chief recommendation is that doctors using Chloromycetin for long-term or repeated treatment should keep close check on their patients' blood-cell counts.

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