CEPHALEXIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cephalexin mean? 

• CEPHALEXIN (noun)
  The noun CEPHALEXIN has 1 sense:

1. an oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEPHALEXIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cephalexin; Keflex; Keflin; Keftab

Hypernyms ("cephalexin" 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 

The hydrochloride salt form of cephalexin, a beta-lactam, first-generation cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity.

(Cephalexin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Cephalexin Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

Compared to second and third generation cephalosporins, cephalexin is more active against gram-positive and less active against gram-negative organisms.

(Cephalexin, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Cephalexin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Cephalexin Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Cephalexin, NCI Thesaurus)