Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [suhl-fuh]
- /ˈsʌl fə/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [suhl-fuh]
- /ˈsʌl fə/
Definitions of sulfa word
- adjective sulfa related chemically to sulfanilamide. 1
- adjective sulfa pertaining to, consisting of, or involving a sulfa drug or drugs. 1
- noun sulfa sulfa drug. 1
- adjective sulfa relating to sulfanilamide 1
- noun sulfa drug: antibiotic 1
- adjective sulfa designating or of a family of drugs of the sulfanilamide type, used in combating certain bacterial infections 0
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Origin of sulfa
First appearance:
before 1935 One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40; short for sulfanilamide
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sulfa
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sulfa popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sulfa usage trend in Literature
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