Sulfa

/ˈsʌlfə/

Synonyms for "sulfa" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
sulfa drugsulfonamide

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
organosulfursulfa drugssulfa moiety

Related words (5)

Noun(5 words)
sulfonamide antibioticsulfonamide groupsulfonamide-containingsulfur-containingsulpha

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries
antibacterialantibacterial drugantibioticbactericidechemical descriptorchemical groupdrugdrug classfunctional grouptherapeutic agent

More specific

8 entries
sulfa dyesulfa estersulfa saltsulfadiazinesulfadoxinesulfamethoxazolesulfisoxazolesulfonamide motif

Collocations

10 entries
sulfa allergysulfa derivativesulfa drugsulfa drugssulfa dyesulfa resistancesulfa saltsulfa therapysulfa-containing compoundsulfonamide antibiotic

Inflections

3 entries
more sulfamost sulfasulfas

Derivations

3 entries
sulfa compoundsulfa drugsulfonamide

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am allergic to aspirin, penicillin, and sulfa drugs.

Source: tatoeba (71824)

I am allergic to sulfa drugs.

Source: tatoeba (10701249)

I'm allergic to sulfa drugs.

Source: tatoeba (11874918)

But my osteo plagued me throughout the rest of my stay at the HNOH, and for several years even after leaving the Home. It wasn't until the discovery of penicillin and the sulfa drugs that I finally beat that condition.

Source: wiktionary

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