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CEPHALEXIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does cephalexin mean?

• CEPHALEXIN (noun)
The noun CEPHALEXIN has 1 sense:

1. an oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract

Familiarity information: CEPHALEXIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CEPHALEXIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cephalexin; Keflex; Keflin; Keftab

Hypernyms ("cephalexin" is a kind of...):

cephalosporin; Mefoxin (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)

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