sulfa

sul·fa

S0872950 (sŭl′fə)adj. Of, relating to, or containing any sulfa drug: sulfa pills; a sulfa powder.

[Short for sulfa(nilamide).]

sul•fa

(ˈsʌl fə)
adj. 1. related chemically to sulfanilamide. 2. pertaining to, consisting of, or involving a sulfa drug or drugs. n. 3. sulfa drug. [1935–40; short for sulfanilamide]

Thesaurus

Noun

sulfa - antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABAsulfa drug, sulfonamide, sulphaantibacterial, antibacterial drug, bactericide - any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growthSulamyd, sulfacetamide - a topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infectionssulfadiazine - a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infectionssulfamethazine, sulfamezathine - a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicineGantanol, sulfamethoxazole - a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract)sulfanilamide - a white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugssulfapyridine - sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamideGantrisin, sulfisoxazole - a sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tractThiosulfil - trade name for a sulfonamide antibacterial

sulfa

Related to sulfa: sulfamethoxazole, Sulfonamides

noun

Synonyms for sulfa

noun antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA

Synonyms

sulfa drug
sulfonamide
sulpha

Related Words

antibacterial
antibacterial drug
bactericide
Sulamyd
sulfacetamide
sulfadiazine
sulfamethazine
sulfamezathine
Gantanol
sulfamethoxazole
sulfanilamide
sulfapyridine
Gantrisin
sulfisoxazole
Thiosulfil