Definition of Clindamycin

1. Noun. A lincosamide antibiotic drug, mostly used to treat infections with anaerobic bacteria. ¹

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Medical Definition of Clindamycin

1. An antibiotic that may be an alternative treatment for PCP and toxoplasmosis. The most common side effect is diarrhoea. Overgrowth of an intestinal bacterium called Clostridium difficile is responsible for the diarrhoea during clindamycin therapy. (12 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clindamycin

clinal
clinally
clinamen
clinamens
clinanthia
clinanthium
clinch
clinch nut
clinched
clincher
clincher-built
clinchers
clinches
clinching
clinchingly
clindamycin (current term)
cline
clines
cling
cling film
cling on
cling to
clinged
clinger
clingers
clingest
clingeth
clingfilm
clingfilmed
clingfilms

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