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SULFANILAMIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sulfanilamide" is a kind of...):
sulfa; sulfa drug; sulfonamide; sulpha (antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA)