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fluoroquinolone

fluoroquinolone

2 7.6
A medicine that kills bacteria to treat infections
  • noun
  • /ˌflʊəroʊˈkwɪnəloʊn/
  • Specialized
: fluoroquinolona
  • The doctor prescribed a fluoroquinolone to treat the patient's bacterial infection.
  • fluoroquinolone resistance
  • fluoroquinolone therapy
  • fluoroquinolone treatment

The next drug class is fluoroquinolone antibiotics like Cipro and Levaquin and floxacin.

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Examples

  • When treating serious infections, fluoroquinolone antibiotics are often very effective.

  • Due to concerns about resistance, doctors are cautious when prescribing fluoroquinolone medications.

  • Researchers predicted an increase in fluoroquinolone resistance as a result, and they found it.

    Academic text (2000)

  • In 1998, the FDA also approved fluoroquinolone use for beef cattle.

    Academic text (2000)

  • But every single patient who receives A fluoroquinolone should give informed consent before they take that antibiotic.

  • Rupture of tendon after fluoroquinolone therapy has been identified in the recent past.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Public health officials have traced this path by following the recent increase in fluoroquinolone resistance among Campylobacter jejuni in chickens and people.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Once the diagnosis has been made, first-line therapy with fluoroquinolone drops, with or without suctioning, is preferred.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The other thing is fluoroquinolones, they are antibiotics that can affect collagen and tendon turnover.

    Andrew Huberman

  • Both short- and long-term courses of antibiotic treatment with fluoroquinolone may precipitate alterations in the tendon matrix, leading to tendinopathy with subsequent rupture.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

quinolone
vsfluoroquinolone
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A medicine that treats infections caused by bacteria

is identical in meaning but differs as another term for the same category

Surface Forms

fluoroquinolone singular
fluoroquinolones plural

Morphology

fluoroquinolone = quinolone (opaque) = fluoro + quinolone

Although formed by adding the combining form 'fluoro-' to 'quinolone', the term is a technical chemical name whose meaning ('a quinolone antibiotic containing fluorine') requires specialised knowledge not available to an average learner.

Etymology

Fluoroquinolone combines two parts: fluoro- and quinolone. The fluoro- part points to the element fluorine (as in fluoride toothpaste) and suggests 'contains fluorine', while quinolone is the chemical name for a group of medicines, so a fluoroquinolone is an antibiotic medicine that 'contains fluorine' and fights bacterial infections.