OXACILLIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxacillin mean? 

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

1. a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXACILLIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

penicillinase-resistant antibiotic (a form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase)

 Context examples 

The sodium salt form of oxacillin, a semisynthetic penicillinase-resistant and acid-stable penicillin with an antimicrobial activity.

(Oxacillin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Oxacillin binds to penicillin-binding proteins in the bacterial cell wall, thereby blocking the synthesis of peptidoglycan, a critical component of the bacterial cell wall.

(Oxacillin, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Oxacillin Sodium Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

In laboratory trials, mixing the modified tunicamycin with oxacillin and other penicillin-based drugs made them 32 to 64 times more potent.

(Soil Bacterium Tapped for Penicillin Guard Duty, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

The anhydrous form of the sodium salt of oxacillin, a semisynthetic penicillinase-resistant and acid-stable penicillin with antibacterial activity.

(Oxacillin Sodium Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers have known of tunicamycin for decades and were initially excited by its medical and veterinary prospects—especially as a way to overcome the resistance of some germs to penicillin-based drugs like oxacillin and methicillin.

(Soil Bacterium Tapped for Penicillin Guard Duty, U.S. Department of Agriculture)