sulfanilamide

American  

[suhl-fuh-nil-uh-mahyd, -mid] / ˌsʌl fəˈnɪl əˌmaɪd, -mɪd /

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.

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Etymology

Origin of sulfanilamide

First recorded in 1935–40; sulfanil(ic acid) + amide

Example Sentences

Over the next few years, pharmaceutical companies including Merck, Squibb, and Eli Lilly started to manufacture sulfanilamide mostly as pills and tablets.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2022

The inspector went over to the cemetery where this patient was buried, found his grave, and spied the sulfanilamide bottle, rising from the soil like an unholy crocus in early spring.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2022

I am allergic to sulfanilamide and things like red yeast rice.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2018

Massengill Co. of Bristol, Tenn., dissolved the sulfanilamide with an industrial substance that was a chemical relative of antifreeze.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2015

Glancing up unexpectedly, Snowden gave him a wan, co-operative smile and shifted the position of his hips a bit so that Yossarian could begin salting the wound with sulfanilamide.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller