clindamycin

clin·da·my·cin

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [klin-duh-mahy-sin]
- /ˌklɪn dəˈmaɪ sɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [klin-duh-mahy-sin]
- /ˌklɪn dəˈmaɪ sɪn/

Definitions of clindamycin word

noun clindamycin an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections 3
noun clindamycin a toxic semisynthetic antibiotic, C 18 H 33 ClN 2 O 5 S, used to treat serious infections chiefly due to various anaerobic bacteria, especially Bacteroides. 1
noun clindamycin A lincosamide antibiotic drug, mostly used to treat infections with anaerobic bacteria. 1

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Origin of clindamycin

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

1965-70; by contraction and rearrangement of chloro-deoxylincomycin an alternate name, equivalent to chloro-2 + deoxy- + lincomycin an antibiotic produced by Streptomyces lincolnensis; see -mycin

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clindamycin 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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