Definition of Sulfadiazine

1. Noun. A sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections.

Generic synonyms: Sulfa, Sulfa Drug, Sulfonamide, Sulpha

Definition of Sulfadiazine

1. Noun. A sulfonamide antibiotic that works by halting the production of folic acid inside the bacterial cell, commonly used to treat urinary tract infections. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulfadiazine

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulfadiazine

sulconazole
sulcus
sulcus centralis
sulcus lateralis cerebri
suldan
suldans
sulesomab
sulf-
sulfa
sulfa-
sulfa drug
sulfa drugs
sulfacetamide
sulfacid
sulfacids
sulfadiazine (current term)
sulfadiazines
sulfadimethoxine
sulfadimidine
sulfadoxine
sulfafurazole
sulfamate
sulfamates
sulfamethazine
sulfamethoxazole
sulfamezathine
sulfamic
sulfamic acid
sulfamidate
sulfamidates

Literary usage of Sulfadiazine

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

1. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Each milliliter of sterile aqueous suspension contains 240 milligrams (40 milligrams of trimethoprim and 200 milligrams of sulfadiazine). (2) Sponsor. ..."

2. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"In early severe cases the combined use of antitoxin and sulfadiazine is logical, and in a severe epidemic this procedure most likely will receive an ..."

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