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chloramphenicol definition

chlor·am·pheni·col (klôr′am fen′i kôl′, -kōl′)

noun

an antibiotic drug, CHClNO, prepared synthetically or isolated from a bacillus (Streptomyces venezuelae)

Etymology: chlor(o)- + am(ide) + phe(n)- + ni(tro)- + (gly)col

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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