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furazolidone

[ fyoor-uh-zol-i-dohn ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of furazolidone1

1950–55; probably fur(anyl) + (ox)azolid(in)one, two of its chemical components

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