cephalosporin, n.
(cephalosporins)
(cephalosporins)
one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
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Mefoxin cephalosporin
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