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- noun pharmacology Alternative spelling of
sulfonamide .
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Examples
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It is probable that, as sulphonamide was a German discovery, and there was a war with Germany, that the patriotic pride in the miracle cure of penicillin had something to do with this error in reporting.
RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS: Penicillin & Friendship (Lucky 13 March 2007) MaksimSmelchak 2007
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The doctor finished cleaning out the wound, rinsed it with alcohol, and filled it up with sulphonamide powder.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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- The use of a sulphonamide in combination with trimethoprim (e.g. cotrimoxazole) benefits from the synergic effect of the two products.
Chapter 5 1993
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He injected neo-heroin and began cleaning the burned areas and treating them with the standard tannic-acid routine, first with a sulphonamide to eliminate possible infection, glancing up occasionally at Jenkins.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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He treated the wound with a sulphonamide derivative in routine procedure, cleaned and sterilized the edges gently, applied clamps carefully, removed the pin, and began stitching with the complicated little motor needle — one of the few gadgets for which he had any real appreciation.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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Reports on the most brilliant therapeutic results with sulphonamide preparations are streaming in from all parts of the world.
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The imagination reels before the prospects of new chemotherapeutic victories which the sulphonamide preparations have unfolded before us.
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Igefa reported that a new active sulphonamide preparation,
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Prontosil was mainly due to the sulphonamide component of the preparation.
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England, that a compound of pyridine and sulphonamide had been synthesized and had proved effective against pneumonia, was of major importance.
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