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

  • noun An antibiotic drug of the fluoroquinolone class, C21H24FN3O4, used primarily to treat respiratory, sinus, and skin infections.

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  • noun medicine A particular fluoroquinolone antibiotic

Etymologies

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

[m(eth)– + alteration of oxy– + -floxacin, fluoroquinolone suff.; see ciprofloxacin.]

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