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cephalosporin|ˌsɛfələʊˈspɔərɪn|
[f. mod.L. Cephalosporium (see below) + -in1.]
Any of several antibiotic substances, closely related to penicillin, developed from Cephalosporium, a genus of fungi.
1951A. C. Ritchie et al. in Brit. Jrnl. Pharmacol. VI. 430 Cephalosporin P1 is an antibiotic from a species of Cephalosporium... The cephalosporin used was lyophil-dried material that had been prepared by chromatography and countercurrent distribution between solvents. 1961Times 14 Sept. 8/3 Cephalosporin N is stated to be a new form of penicillin. 1964M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) x. 136 The cephalosporins can be given to penicillin-sensitive patients.
Hence cephaloˈsporinase (see quots.).
1963New Scientist 11 July 94/1 In bacteria that respond to cephalosporin treatment the enzymes, called cephalosporinases, have not been demonstrated. 1964Ibid. 12 Nov. 431/3 Anti-cephalosporin enzymes, cephalosporinases..are found among some types of pathogenic bacteria. |