Cephaloridine (Noun)
Meaning
A broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Cephaloridine is a broad-spectrum antibiotic used to treat a variety of bacterial infections in both humans and animals.
- After years of research, the team of scientists finally succeeded in creating cephaloridine, a semisynthetic antibiotic with a broad spectrum of activity.
- The patient was prescribed cephaloridine to treat the severe bacterial infection that had developed as a complication of the surgery.
- Cephaloridine has been largely replaced by newer, more effective antibiotics; however, it is still used in some parts of the world due to its availability and cost-effectiveness.
- In the early days of cephalosporin antibiotics, cephaloridine was considered a significant breakthrough and was widely used to treat a range of bacterial infections.