Definition of Sulfanilamide

1. Noun. A white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs.

Generic synonyms: Sulfa, Sulfa Drug, Sulfonamide, Sulpha

Definition of Sulfanilamide

1. Noun. Any of a class of amino substituted aromatic sulfonamides that are used as antifungal antibiotics; but especially the parent compound ''4-aminobenzenesulfonamide'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulfanilamide

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulfanilamide

sulfamethazine
sulfamethoxazole
sulfamezathine
sulfamic
sulfamic acid
sulfamidate
sulfamidates
sulfamide
sulfamides
sulfamidic acid
sulfamidite
sulfamidites
sulfamoyl
sulfamoyls
sulfane
sulfanilamide (current term)
sulfanilamides
sulfanilate
sulfanilates
sulfanilic
sulfanilic acid
sulfanyl
sulfanylidene
sulfanyls
sulfapyridine
sulfarsenite
sulfarsenites
sulfas
sulfatase
sulfatases

Literary usage of Sulfanilamide

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

1. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Fishberg writes in his book, Hypertension and Nephritis, published in 1939 of having used sulfanilamide several times in the treatment of patients with ..."

2. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"All mice on the regular diet died, while all on the sulfanilamide diet remained well. During World War II it was evident that American military personnel ..."

3. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"... 1) sulfanilamide. (b) Specifications. Each milliliter of the drug contains 50 milligrams of sulfadimethoxine. (c) Sponsor. See Nos. ..."

4. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"The resulting nitrite is reacted with sulfanilamide and 8-amino-l-naphthalene-sulfonic acid ammonium salt (ANSA), and the resulting azo dye is determined at ..."

5. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Fishberg writes in his book, Hypertension and Nephritis, published in 1939 of having used sulfanilamide several times in the treatment of patients with ..."

6. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"All mice on the regular diet died, while all on the sulfanilamide diet remained well. During World War II it was evident that American military personnel ..."

7. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"... 1) sulfanilamide. (b) Specifications. Each milliliter of the drug contains 50 milligrams of sulfadimethoxine. (c) Sponsor. See Nos. ..."

8. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"The resulting nitrite is reacted with sulfanilamide and 8-amino-l-naphthalene-sulfonic acid ammonium salt (ANSA), and the resulting azo dye is determined at ..."

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