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CEPHALORIDINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cephaloridine mean?
• CEPHALORIDINE (noun)
The noun CEPHALORIDINE has 1 sense:
1. a broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin
Familiarity information: CEPHALORIDINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cephaloridine" 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
Cephaloridine binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.
(Cephaloridine, NCI Thesaurus)
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