sulfa
pronunciation
How to pronounce sulfa in British English:
UK ['sʌlfə]
How to pronounce sulfa in American English:
US ['sʌlfə]
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- Noun:
- antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA
Word Origin
- sulfa
- 1942, short name for the group of drugs derived from sulfanilamide ("amide of sulfanilic acid," 1937, which is so called because it is a sulphonic derivative of the dye-stuff aniline), and shortened from that word. The usual British English spelling is sulpha.
Example
- 1. Take tetracycline , sulfa drugs and some other antibiotics .
- 2. He 'll just want me to take sulfa tablets .
- 3. Residue study of sulfa drugs in chicken .
- 4. A sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections .
- 5. It lost its popularity with the arrival of sulfa antibiotics .