Definitions

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

  • noun An antibiotic drug, C14H18N4O3, used primarily to treat or prevent urinary tract infections, often in combination with sulfamethoxazole.

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  • noun pharmacology An antibiotic, 5-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzyl)pyrimidine-2,4-diamine, used against, among other infections, those of the urinary tract.

Etymologies

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

[tri– + meth– + o(xy)– + p(y)rim(idine).]

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Examples

  • Ask your doctor for a diarrhea-fighting prescription antibiotic, such as sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim (Bactrim DS) or ciprofloxacin (Cipro), to treat severe cases accompanied by fever.

    Q&A: Avoiding Montezuma’s revenge? 2010

  • Ask your doctor for a diarrhea-fighting prescription antibiotic, such as sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim (Bactrim DS) or ciprofloxacin (Cipro), to treat severe cases accompanied by fever.

    Q&A: Avoiding Montezuma’s revenge? 2010

  • Ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulfonamide have been used successfully in the treatment of infections caused by chloramphenicol-resistant strains.

    Standing up to terrorists, standing up to tomatoes. 2008

  • Those who do get infected with USA300 are commonly treated with the antibiotic Bactrim (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole), which is still effective against the infection.

    A New ‘Gay Disease’? 2008

  • I gave him generic trimethoprim-sulfa cheap; great bacterial coverage and tissue penetration for both kidney and prostate; all infectious bases covered pretty well and by the next day his fever was gone, the bleeding had stopped and he was feeling "100% better."

    Archive 2007-01-01 1 Dinosaur 2007

  • Three commonly prescribed antibiotics are ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and ciprofloxacin.

    Typhoid 2005

  • Three commonly prescribed antibiotics are ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and ciprofloxacin.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Ann Althouse 2006

  • Cotrim and generically as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • The drug, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole or cotrimoxazole is used to treat several ailments including urinary tract infections and bronchitis.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • B. * Sulfamethoxazole 400 mg. with trimethoprim 80 mg.

    1) Head Control and Use of Senses 1999

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