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sulfa drugs
organic sulfur compounds
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Antibiotic drugs related to sulphonamide in chemical structure, tending to be bacteriostatic rather than bacteriocidal
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plural form of sulfa drug
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antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA
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Of or containing sulfanilamide
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{i} sulfa drug, any of a group of synthetic organic compounds which inhibit bacterial growth
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{s} similar in chemical structure to sulfanilamide; of or pertaining to a sulfa drug
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antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA
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Any of a group of synthetic organic compounds, derived chiefly from sulfanilamide, chemically similar to PABA and capable of inhibiting bacterial growth and activity by interfering with the metabolic processes in bacteria that require PABA. Also called sulfonamide. Common term for sulfonamide drug, any member of a class of synthetic antibacterial drugs with a particular chemical structure including both sulfur and nitrogen atoms. Their effectiveness against bacteria was discovered in 1932 by Gerhard Domagk, and they became the first chemical substances systematically used against human bacterial infections. Sulfa drugs inhibit the growth and multiplication of certain bacteria (but do not kill them) by interfering with the synthesis of folic acid. Because of their toxicity and growing bacterial resistance, sulfa drugs are no longer in common use (except for urinary-tract infections, certain forms of malaria, and preventing infection of burns), having been largely superseded by less toxic antibiotics
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any of a group of synthetic organic compounds which inhibit bacterial growth