CEPHALOSPORIN


Meaning of CEPHALOSPORIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌse-fə-lə-ˈspȯr-ən ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Cephalosporium, genus of fungi + -in (I)

Date: 1951

: any of several antibiotics produced by an imperfect fungus (genus Acremonium syn. Cephalosporium )

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