cephalosporin
US'sefə'lɔspərın
معنی فارسی
سفالوسپورين
معنی کامل و مثالها
/sef´ǝ lō spôr´in/n.
● (داروسازی) سفالوسپورین (نوعی آنتی بیوتیک یا پادزی - از قارچی از جنس Cephalosporium به دست میآید و به کسانی که نسبت به پنیسیلین حساسیت دارند تجویز میشود)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the Greek words 'kephalē' meaning 'head' and 'spora' meaning 'seed'.
مثال
- Cephalosporin antibiotics are commonly prescribed for respiratory tract infections.
- The patient was allergic to penicillin, so the doctor prescribed cephalosporin as an alternative.
- Cephalosporin drugs are effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity