mezlocillin

[ mez-luh-sil-in ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a wide-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin, C21H25N5O8S2, used parenterally in the treatment of infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Origin of mezlocillin

1
me(thyl) + (imida)zol(e) (rearranged), components of the chemical name + (peni)cillin

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