Definition of Sulfonamide

1. Noun. Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA.


Definition of Sulfonamide

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any amide of a sulfonic acid RS(=O)2NR'2. ¹

2. Noun. (pharmaceutical drug) Any of a group of antibiotics; a sulfa drug. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulfonamide

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulfonamide

sulfobenzaldehyde
sulfobenzoate
sulfobenzoates
sulfobetaine
sulfocarbonate
sulfochloride
sulfocyanic
sulfoglycolipid
sulfoglycolipids
sulfohemoglobin
sulfohemoglobins
sulfolane
sulfolipid
sulfolipids
sulfonal
sulfonamide (current term)
sulfonamides
sulfonate
sulfonated
sulfonates
sulfonating
sulfonation
sulfonations
sulfone
sulfonediimine
sulfonediimines
sulfonephthalein
sulfones
sulfonic
sulfonic acid

Literary usage of Sulfonamide

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)
"The widespread, therapeutic use of drugs of the sulfonamide group has made important the early recognition of consequent renal ..."

2. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Administer 25 milligrams per pound of animal weight per day for 4 days; do not treat within 16 days of slaughter; as sole source of sulfonamide ..."

3. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, Pt. 800-1299, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"A sulfonamide test system is a device intended to measure sulfonamides, any of the antibacterial drugs derived from sulfanilamide, in human specimens. ..."

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