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CEPHALEXIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract
Synonyms:
cephalexin; Keflex; Keflin; Keftab
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cephalexin" is a kind of...):
cephalosporin; Mefoxin (one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity)
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