noun
antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA
• Syn: ↑sulfa, ↑sulpha, ↑sulfonamide
• Hypernyms: ↑antibacterial, ↑antibacterial drug, ↑bactericide
• Hyponyms:
↑sulfacetamide, ↑Sulamyd, ↑sulfadiazine, ↑sulfamethazine, ↑sulfamezathine, ↑sulfamethoxazole, ↑Gantanol, ↑sulfanilamide, ↑sulfapyridine, ↑sulfisoxazole, ↑Gantrisin, ↑Thiosulfil
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noun : any of a class of synthetic organic antibacterial usually crystalline drugs (as sulfadiazine or sulfathiazole) that are sulfonamides closely related chemically to sulfanilamide
the sulfa drugs are antibacterial agents, bacteriostatic rather than germicidal in action, which are used alone or in various combinations with each other or with antibiotics in the treatment of many types of infection such as those caused by β-hemolytic streptococci or pneumococci — M.E.Hultquist
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Pharm.
any of a group of drugs closely related in chemical structure to sulfanilamide, having a bacteriostatic rather than a bacteriocidal effect: used in the treatment of various wounds, burns, and infections. Also called sulfa.
[1935-40]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.