sulfonamide

[ suhl-fon-uh-mahyd, -mid, suhl-fuh-nam-ahyd, -id ]
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nounPharmacology.

Origin of sulfonamide

1
First recorded in 1900–05; sulfon(ic acid) + amide

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Scientific definitions for sulfonamide

sulfonamide

[ sŭl-fŏnə-mīd′, -mĭd ]


  1. Any of a group of organic sulfur compounds containing the radical SO2NH2.♦ Certain sulfonamides known as sulfa drugs are used as antibiotics to treat bacterial infections.

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