Amoxicillin Definition

ə-mŏksĭ-sĭlĭn
noun
A synthetic antibiotic, C16H19N3O5S, derived from ampicillin, used orally in treating various bacterial diseases.
Webster's New World
A semisynthetic penicillin, C16 H19 N3 O5 S, having an antibacterial spectrum of action similar to that of ampicillin.
American Heritage Medicine

(pharmacology) A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic, β-lactam antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms, with formula C16H19N3O5S.

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Origin of Amoxicillin

  • am(ino) (hydr)ox(y) (pen)icillin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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