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Definition of Chloramphenicol

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

Definition of Chloramphenicol

1. Noun. (medicine) A broad-spectrum antibiotic originally derived from the bacterium ''Streptomyces venezuelae'' but now produced synthetically ¹

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Definition of Chloramphenicol

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Medical Definition of Chloramphenicol

1. A broad-spectrum antibiotic that inhibits bacterial protein synthesis in prokaryotes and in mitochondria and chloroplasts by acting on the 50S ribosomal subunit. It was first isolated from the fungus like bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae but is now produced synthetically. It is relatively toxic but finds wide application in medicine. (01 Dec 1998)

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Literary usage of Chloramphenicol

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)
"There was no indication that aureomycin, chloramphenicol, spiramycin and terramycin ... Smith (1954) found that chloramphenicol was absorbed better than ..."

2. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"Drug resistant strains of the luminous bacteria have been isolated in areas where commonly used antibiotics such as chloramphenicol, penicillins, ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"These resistant strains were isolated from 3 piglets, i calf and 4 dogs, but there appeared to be no cross-resistance between ampicillin, chloramphenicol ..."

4. Impacts Of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"penicillins and other ß-lactam antibiotics and the enzyme that inactivates chloramphenicol. The detection of the ß-lactamases requires only a few minutes ..."

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