METRONIDAZOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metronidazole mean? 

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

1. antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• METRONIDAZOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Flagyl; metronidazole

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

antiprotozoal; antiprotozoal drug (a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa)

 Context examples 

Reduced metronidazole causes DNA strand breaks, thereby inhibiting DNA synthesis and bacterial cell growth.

(Metronidazole, NCI Thesaurus)

Half the participants in each group also received a five-day course of a broad-spectrum antibiotic regimen (consisting of neomycin, vancomycin, and metronidazole) by mouth before receiving the vaccine.

(Disrupting the gut microbiome may affect some immune responses to flu vaccination, National Institutes of Health)

The phosphate ester of metronidazole, a synthetic nitroimidazole derivative with antiprotozoal and antibacterial activities.

(Metronidazole Phosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

A soluble, complex bismuth salt of citric acid used in combination with metronidazole and tetracycline to treat stomach ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori infections.

(Bismuth Subcitrate Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)

The benzoate salt of metronidazole, a synthetic nitroimidazole derivative with antiprotozoal and antibacterial activities.

(Metronidazole Benzoate, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called metronidazole.

(Flagyl, NCI Dictionary)

Although its mechanism of action is not fully elucidated, un-ionized metronidazole is readily taken up by obligate anaerobic organisms and is subsequently reduced by low-redox potential electron-transport proteins to an active, intermediate product.

(Metronidazole, NCI Thesaurus)