Sulfapyridine (Noun)
Meaning
Sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamide.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Sulfapyridine is a sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamide, used to treat bacterial infections.
- The doctor prescribed sulfapyridine to the patient suffering from a severe case of pneumonia.
- Sulfapyridine was one of the first sulfa drugs to be widely used in the treatment of bacterial infections.
- The combination of sulfapyridine and sulfadiazine was found to be effective in treating certain types of bacterial meningitis.
- Researchers studied the efficacy of sulfapyridine in treating infections caused by sulfonamide-resistant bacteria.