Cefixime

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An oral cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and otitis media. uncountable

Etymology

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + -i- + (o)xime.

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otitis media

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