chloramphenicol

noun

chlor·​am·​phen·​i·​col ˌklȯr-ˌam-ˈfe-ni-ˌkȯl 

-ˌkōl

: a broad-spectrum antibiotic C₁₁H₁₂Cl₂N₂O₅ isolated from cultures of a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces venezuelae) or prepared synthetically

Examples of chloramphenicol in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The antibiotics facing export limits are tinidazole, metronidazole, chloramphenicol, erythromycin salts, neomycin, clindamycin salts and ornidazole. — Vindu Goel, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020

This Spanish outbreak, though, had a different cause, the importation of the cfr gene, which also mediates resistance to the older drugs clindamycin and chloramphenicol, apparently on a plasmid, possibly from a staph strain common in cows. — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 15 June 2010

Word History

Etymology

chlor- + amide + phen- + nitr- + glycol

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chloramphenicol

• dithiothreitol
• geospatial
• isopropanol
• paracetamol
• peroxisomal
• visuospatial
• aerosol
• alcohol
• arbitral
• basketball
• butanol
• cannonball

Medical Definition

chloramphenicol

noun

chlor·​am·​phen·​i·​col ˌklōr-ˌam-ˈfen-i-ˌkȯl, ˌklȯr-, -ˌkōl 

: a broad-spectrum antibiotic C₁₁H₁₂Cl₂N₂O₅ isolated from cultures of a soil actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces (S. venezuelae) or prepared synthetically