piperacillin sodium

piperacillin sodium definition - medical

pi·per·a·cil·lin sodium (pī-pĕrˌə-sĭlˈĭn)

noun
A semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic related to penicillin and active against a variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.

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