Cipro

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of ciprofloxacin. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable

    "It had to be one of three things: A hoax. Or anthrax, which meant I’d have to go on Cipro for a month. Or if it was ricin, I was dead, so bye-bye."

  2. 2
    an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints wordnet

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ciprofloxacin

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"It had to be one of three things: A hoax. Or anthrax, which meant I’d have to go on Cipro for a month. Or if it was ricin, I was dead, so bye-bye."

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