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CEFADROXIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cefadroxil mean? 

CEFADROXIL (noun)
  The noun CEFADROXIL has 1 sense:

1. a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef)play

  Familiarity information: CEFADROXIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CEFADROXIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cefadroxil; Ultracef

Hypernyms ("cefadroxil" is a kind of...):

cephalosporin; Mefoxin (one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity)


 Context examples 


Cefadroxil hemihydrate binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.

(Cefadroxil Hemihydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Cefadroxil binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.

(Cefadroxil Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

Cefadroxil binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.

(Cefadroxil, NCI Thesaurus)

The hemihydrate form of cefadroxil, a semi-synthetic, beta-lactam, first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity.

(Cefadroxil Hemihydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The anhydrous form of cefadroxil, a semisynthetic first-generation cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.

(Cefadroxil Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)



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