单词 | sulfa drug |
释义 | sulfa drug in British English (ˈsʌlfə) noun any of a group of sulfonamide compounds that inhibit the activity of bacteria and are used in medicine to treat bacterial infections sulfa drug in American Englishnoun Pharmacology any of a group of drugs closely related in chemical structure to sulfanilamide, havinga bacteriostatic rather than a bacteriocidal effect: used in the treatment of various wounds, burns, and infections Also called: sulfa Word origin [1935–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rhodesian ridgeback, bingo, fluorocarbon, gangbuster, unit trust |
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