sulfanilamide

English

Alternative forms

• sulphanilamide (UK)

Etymology

From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”).

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Noun

sulfanilamide (plural sulfanilamides)

1. (pharmacology) Any of a class of amino substituted aromatic sulfonamides that are used as antifungal antibiotics; but especially the parent compound 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide

See also

• sulfa, sulpha