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Amoxicillin

//əˌmɒk.sɪˈsɪl.ɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic beta-lactam antibiotic with the formula C₁₆H₁₉N₃O₅S, closely related to ampicillin. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an antibiotic; a semisynthetic oral penicillin (trade names Amoxil and Larotid and Polymox and Trimox and Augmentin) used to treat bacterial infections wordnet

Etymology

From am(picillin) + (hydr)oxy + -cillin.

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