Sulfanilamide (Noun)
Meaning
A white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Sulfanilamide was first synthesized in the late 19th century and later found to have antibacterial properties.
- The development of sulfanilamide marked the beginning of the sulfa drug era in the history of medicine.
- Sulfanilamide is a precursor to many other sulfa drugs, including sulfapyridine and sulfathiazole.
- In the 1930s, sulfanilamide was introduced as a treatment for bacterial infections such as pneumonia and meningitis.
- The widespread use of sulfanilamide as an antibacterial agent revolutionized the treatment of bacterial infections before the discovery of penicillin.