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cloxacillin

[klok-suh-sil-in]

noun

Pharmacology.

  1. a semisynthetic penicillin, C 19 H 17 ClN 3 NaO 5 S, used chiefly against penicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections.

cloxacillin

/ ˌɒəˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat staphylococcal infections due to penicillin-resistant organisms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cloxacillin1

1965–70; blend of chlor- 2 and oxacillin

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