Sulfa Definition

sŭlfə
adjective
Designating or of a family of drugs of the sulfanilamide type, used in combating certain bacterial infections.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or containing any sulfa drug.
Sulfa pills; a sulfa powder.
American Heritage
prefix

Sulfa drugs.

Wiktionary

Organic sulfur compounds.

Wiktionary

Origin of Sulfa

  • Short for sulfa(nilamide)

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

Sulfa Sentence Examples

  • Littre, however, takes the word to be Old Celtic, and meaning "genius," and states that it occurs in such forms as sulfa, sylfi, &c., in inscriptions, or latinized as sulevae or suleviae.

  • Many lupus patients are highly sensitive to sulfa drugs.

  • Babies born with toxoplasmosis who show symptoms of the disease may be treated with pyrimethamine, the sulfa drug sulfadiazine (Microsulfon), and folinic acid.

  • Causes of fasting hypoglycemia in children without diabetes may include insulin-producing tumors, certain hormonal deficiencies, medications (including sulfa drugs and large doses of aspirin), and critical illnesses.

  • The procedure has worked for sensitivities to penicillin, sulfa drugs, and insulin.

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