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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An antibiotic of the macrolide class used primarily to treat respiratory tract and skin infections.

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  • noun A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.

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  • noun a systemic antibacterial medicine (trade name Zithromax) that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[az(o)– + alteration of (er)ythromycin.]

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