Definition of Chloromycetin

1. Noun. An oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever).

Exact synonyms: Chloramphenicol
Generic synonyms: Antibiotic, Antibiotic Drug

Definition of Chloromycetin

1. Noun. (medicine) The antibiotic chloramphenicol ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chloromycetin

chloroma
chloromenite
chloromercuribenzoates
chloromercurinitrophenols
chlorometer
chlorometers
chloromethane
chloromethanes
chloromethyl
chloromethylated
chloromethylation
chloromethylations
chloromethyls
chlorometry
chloromuconate cycloisomerase
chloromycetin (current term)
chloromyeloma
chloronium
chloronium ion
chloropal
chloropals
chloropenia
chloropercha
chloropercha method
chlorophacinone
chlorophenol
chlorophenol 4-monooxygenase
chlorophenols
chlorophenothane
chlorophenyl

Literary usage of Chloromycetin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... broth containing 1000 units of penicillin, i fig. of streptomycin, 10 per cent, of a saturated solution of chloromycetin and 50 units of nystatin per ml ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... while the single strain of P. morganii was much more sensitive to streptomycin, chloromycetin, aureomycin and terramycin than were the other two species ..."

3. Radiant Healing: The Many Paths to Personal Harmony and Planetary Wholeness by Bellamy Isabel, Isabel Bellamy, Donald MacLean, Maclean Donald (2005)
"The antibiotics penicillin, chloromycetin and neomycin increase the need for calcium. The steroids prednisolone and dexamethasone make it harder for the ..."

4. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"Place infected larvae in sterile chamber with 1 ml of sterile water (seawater if marine shrimp) that contains 10 mg/1 of chloromycetin. ..."

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