sulfa
Americanadjective
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related chemically to sulfanilamide.
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pertaining to, consisting of, or involving a sulfa drug or drugs.
noun
Etymology
Origin of sulfa
First recorded in 1935–40; short for sulfanilamide
Example Sentences
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In Buffalo, New York, a different AI tool misheard Dr. Lauren Bruckner when she told a teenage cancer patient it was a good thing she didn’t have an allergy to sulfa drugs.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024
Dr. Sonnabend pioneered and promoted the use of an inexpensive sulfa drug to prevent this pneumonia in people with H.I.V.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2021
This is also true of multiple oral antibiotics in the class known as sulfa drugs.
From Scientific American • Jan. 19, 2020
The medic paused just long enough to dump a can of sulfa powder, a basic antibiotic, on the wound.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 21, 2015
“I still haven’t quite recovered, I fear. Five more days of these, what are they called . .. sulfa pills.”
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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