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Chloromycetin

Chloromycetin

1 9.6
A drug that kills bacteria and treats serious infections like typhoid fever
  • noun
  • /ˌklɔːrəˈmaɪsɪtɪn/
  • Specialized
: Cloromicetina
  • Doctors often recommend Chloromycetin for treating bacterial infections that do not respond to other antibiotics.

Examples

  • Chloromycetin is prescribed to patients suffering from severe infections like Chloromycetin fever.

  • After hematoma evacuation and chloromycetin washing, the drains were reinserted adjacent to the concha and scapha for continuous negative suction drainage.

    Academic text (2012)

  • In my medical training, I learned about Chloromycetin as an effective treatment for serious diseases, especially typhoid.

Synonyms

chloramphenicol
vsChloromycetin
  • Specialized
2 9.2

A medicine that kills bacteria and treats serious infections like typhoid fever

is the trademarked brand name for that same antibiotic

Surface Forms

Chloromycetin singular
Chloromycetins plural

Etymology

Chloromycetin comes from parts that mean chloro- 'green' and mycet 'mold', a helpful way to remember that the name refers to tiny microbes and the colour idea in its first description. So Chloromycetin is the trade name for the antibiotic chloramphenicol, used to treat serious infections like typhoid fever.