Definition of sulfa drug
: any of various synthetic organic bacteria-inhibiting drugs that are sulfonamides derived especially from sulfanilamide
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Patients who had taken sulfa drugs were more than twice as likely to develop kidney stones three to 12 months afterward than people who had not taken the medicines, the researchers found.
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First Known Use of sulfa drug
1940
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sulfa drug
medical Definition of sulfa drug
: any of various synthetic organic bacteria-inhibiting drugs that are sulfonamides closely related chemically to sulfanilamide — called also
sulfa
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