amoxicillin

am·ox·i·cil·lin

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [am-ok-suh-sil-in, uh-mok-]
- /æmˌɒk səˈsɪl ɪn, əˌmɒk-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [am-ok-suh-sil-in, uh-mok-]
- /æmˌɒk səˈsɪl ɪn, əˌmɒk-/

Definitions of amoxicillin word

noun amoxicillin a penicillin antibiotic used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections 3
noun amoxicillin a synthetic antibiotic, C16H19N3O5S, derived from ampicillin, used orally in treating various bacterial diseases 3
noun amoxicillin a semisynthetic penicillin, C 18 H 19 N 3 O 5 S, taken orally as a broad-spectrum antibiotic. 1
noun amoxicillin A broad-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin, closely related to ampicillin but better absorbed when taken orally, used especially for ear and upper respiratory infections. 1
noun amoxicillin (pharmacology) A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic beta-lactam antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms, with formula C16H19N3O5S. 0

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Origin of amoxicillin

First appearance:

before 1970

One of the 2% newest English words

1970-75; perhaps am(ino-hydr)ox(yphenyl) part of its chemical name + (pen)icillin

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Parts of speech for Amoxicillin

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amoxicillin popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for amoxicillin

noun amoxicillin

wonder drug — a drug, usually recently discovered or developed, noted for its startling curative effect, as an antibiotic or sulfa drug.
penicillin — any of several antibiotics of low toxicity, produced naturally by molds of the genus Penicillium and also semisynthetically, having a bactericidal action on many susceptible Gram-positive or Gram-negative cocci and bacilli, some also being effective against certain spirochetes.
tetracycline — an antibiotic, C 22 H 24 H 2 O 8 , derived from chlortetracycline, used in medicine to treat a broad variety of infections.
streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
ampicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat various infections

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