What does "amoxicillin" mean?

A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic beta-lactam antibiotic with the formula C₁₆H₁₉N₃O₅S, closely related to ampicillin.

What is a synonym for "amoxicillin"?

Common synonyms include: amoxil, augmentin, clamoxyl, larotid, polymox, trimox.

Pronounced //əˌmɒk.sɪˈsɪl.ɪn//.

//əˌmɒk.sɪˈsɪl.ɪn// noun

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Noun

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

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

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