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sulfisoxazole

[ suhl-fi-sok-suh-zohl ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a white to yellowish, crystalline, slightly bitter sulfonamide, C 1 1 H 1 3 N 3 O 3 S, used chiefly in the treatment of infections of the urinary tract.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sulfisoxazole1

1960–65; sulf(onamide) + isoxazole; is-, ox-, azole

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