sulfanilamide
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- noun
- /sʌlˈfænɪlˌæmaɪd/
- Specialized
- In the 1930s, sulfanilamide revolutionized the treatment of infections before antibiotics were widely available.
- an antibiotic called sulfanilamide
Examples
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Responding to the market need, a chemist and pharmacist for the company experimented with sulfanilamide's solubility and found that it would dissolve in diethylene glycol.
Academic text (2009) -
Modern regulation of pharmaceutical products began in the 1930s after several hundred people ingested and died from a new medicine, elixir sulfanilamide, which contained a poisonous solvent.
Academic text (2018) -
If he doesn't get sulfanilamide, he doesn't stand a chance.
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In June 1937, a salesman for the S.E. Massengill Co. reported that his customers sought a liquid version of the drug sulfanilamide, which had been used to treat streptococcal.
Academic text (2009) -
We currently use a powder made up of amphotericin B, sulfanilamide, chloramphenicol, hydrocortisone, and corn starch.
Academic text (2002) -
Prior to World War II and the development of sulfanilamides and antibiotics, the majority of people with injuries like his died from complications of kidney infection and skin pressure ulcers.
Fiction book (1998) -
The doctor prescribed sulfanilamide to treat the patient's bacterial infection.
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Many hospitals stock sulfanilamide for its effectiveness against various bacterial diseases.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sulfanilamide joins sulfa (from 'sulfur') with anil and -amide (from 'aniline' and a common chemical ending), and anil was once the name for a plant dye like 'indigo'. So the name tells you it is a sulfur-related chemical, which is why sulfanilamide is a sulfa drug used to fight bacterial infections.