cephalexin
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A medicine that treats many infections caused by germs, like skin, ear, and bladder infections
- noun
- /ˌsɛfəˈlɛksɪn/
- Specialized
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cefalexina
- After examining his symptoms, the nurse recommended cephalexin for the bacterial infection.
Examples
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Cephalexin.
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The doctor prescribed cephalexin to treat her skin infection.
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My friend took cephalexin to recover from her respiratory tract infection.
Synonyms
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5.6
A medicine that kills bacteria to treat mild to moderate infections in places like the skin, ear, or throat
is the generic name for the same medication rather than a brand
Surface Forms
cephalexin singular
cephalexins plural
Etymology
Cephalexin starts with cephal-, a Greek root meaning 'head' that you see in words like cephalopod. It belongs to the cephalosporin family of antibiotics, a group named after a fungus, so cephalexin is the name for this medicine used to fight bacterial infections.