CEPHALOGLYCIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cephaloglycin mean? 

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

1. antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEPHALOGLYCIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cephaloglycin; Kafocin

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

antibiotic; antibiotic drug (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections)

 Context examples 

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

(Cephaloglycin, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Cephaloglycin Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)