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oxacillin
[ ok-suh-sil-in ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- a semisynthetic penicillin, C 1 9 H 1 9 N 3 O 5 S, used in the treatment of serious staphylococcal infections.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oxacillin1
1960–65; (is)oxa(zole) , a component of its chemical name + (peni)cillin
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