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OXACILLIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does oxacillin mean?

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

1. a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci

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

Dictionary entry details

• OXACILLIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

penicillinase-resistant antibiotic (a form of penicillin that is not rendered inactive by penicillinase)

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