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- adjective pharmacology Of or containing
sulphanilamide .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA
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Examples
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I wonder if the sulpher had anything thing to do with "sulpha" type drugs and maybe really didsomething!
More Health Tips From the White House Cook Book Mother Jones RN 2006
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Ramot studied G6PD deficiency, a genetic condition associated with hemolysis due to sulpha drugs and with a severe allergy to broad beans in some individuals.
Bracha Ramot. 2009
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But in the summer of 1937, a Tennessee company developed a new liquid cough syrup, containing a sulpha drug, raspberry flavor, and diethylene glycol.
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Some people are allergic to medicines like penicillin or sulpha antibiotics.
Chapter 21 1997
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I supplemented the treatment with a small injection of a sulpha drug, and having satisfied my conscience with the feeling that I had done everything, I prepared to leave.
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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"With all these new sulpha drugs and antibiotics it's easy to forget the nursing of animals, but it's still so important."
Every living thing Herriot, James 1992
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That's when the sulpha drugs first came out; that's what he was giving me.
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Protonsil was the first of the so-called sulpha preparations, which have proved to represent one of the greatest therapeutic advances in the history of medicine.
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I will recall the short-lived triumph of sanocrysin and the sulpha compounds, promin, promizol, and diazone which were used in the States during the War and which were received at first with great enthusiasm.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 - Presentation Speech 1964
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From experiences with sulpha compounds they had developed a reliable research technique.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 - Presentation Speech 1964
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