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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of a class of amino substituted aromatic sulfonamides that are used as antifungal antibiotics; but especially the parent compound 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide
2. 2
   a white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs wordnet

Etymology

From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”).

Related phrases

parent compound

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