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ANHYDROUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without water; especially without water of crystallization
Classified under:
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Antonym:
hydrous (containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate))
Context examples:
The anhydrous form of the sodium salt of nafcillin, a narrow-spectrum beta-lactamase-resistant penicillin with antibacterial activity.
(Nafcillin Sodium Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
The anhydrous form of meropenem, a broad-spectrum carbapenem with antibacterial properties, synthetic Meropenem inhibits cell wall synthesis in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
(Meropenem Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
The anhydrous form of fostamatinib disodium, an orally available Syk kinase inhibitor with potential anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating activities.
(Fostamatinib Disodium Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
The anhydrous form of mercaptopurine, a thiopurine-derivative antimetabolite with antineoplastic and immunosuppressive activities.
(Mercaptopurine Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
The anhydrous form of cephalexin, a semisynthetic first-generation cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.
(Cephalexin Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
The anhydrous form of cephradine, a semisynthetic, broad-spectrum, first-generation cephalosporin with antibacterial activity.
(Cephradine Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
The anhydrous form of benfosformin, a phosphorylated biguanide derivative with antihyperglycamic activity.
(Benfosformin Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
The anhydrous form of calcifediol, a hormone precursor that is produced by the hydroxylation of vitamin D in the liver.
(Calcifediol Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
An anhydrous form of ceftazidime, a third-generation, beta-lactam, cephalosporin antibiotic with bactericidal activity.
(Ceftazidime Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
An anhydrous calcium salt form of atorvastin, a synthetic lipid-lowering agent.
(Atorvastatin Calcium Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)
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