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sulfa definition

sulfa (sul′fə)

adjective

designating or of a family of drugs of the sulfanilamide type, used in combating certain bacterial infections

Etymology: contr. < sulfanilamide

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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