| sulfa | (noun) antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA | Synonyms: sulfa drug, sulfonamide, sulpha |
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| sulfacetamide | (noun) a topical sulfonamide (trade name Sulamyd) used to treat eye infections | Synonyms: Sulamyd |
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| sulfadiazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections | - |
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| sulfamethazine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamezathine |
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| sulfamethoxazole | (noun) a sulfonamide (trade name Gantanol) used to treat infections (especially infections of the urinary tract) | Synonyms: Gantanol |
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| sulfamezathine | (noun) a sulfa drug used like sulfadiazine and also in veterinary medicine | Synonyms: sulfamethazine |
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| sulfanilamide | (noun) a white odorless crystalline sulfa drug; the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs | - |
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| sulfapyridine | (noun) sulfa drug derived from pyridine and sulfanilamide | - |
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| sulfate | (noun) a salt or ester of sulphuric acid | Synonyms: sulphate |
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| (verb) convert into a sulfate | - |
| sulfide | (noun) a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive | Synonyms: sulphide |
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| sulfisoxazole | (noun) a sulfonamide (trade name Gantrisin) used to treat infections of the urinary tract | Synonyms: Gantrisin |
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| sulfonamide | (noun) antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA | Synonyms: sulfa, sulfa drug, sulpha |
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| sulfonate | (noun) a salt of sulphonic acid | - |
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| sulfonylurea | (noun) antidiabetic consisting of any of several drugs that reduce the level of glucose in the blood; used to treat diabetes mellitus | - |
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| sulfur | (noun) an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) | Synonyms: atomic number 16, S, sulphur |
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| (verb) treat with sulphur in order to preserve | Synonyms: sulphur |
| sulfurette | (verb) combine with sulfur | Synonyms: sulphurette |
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| sulfuretted | (adjective) treated or impregnated with sulfur | Synonyms: sulfurized, sulphuretted |
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| sulfuric | (adjective) of or relating to or containing sulfur | Synonyms: sulphuric |
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| sulfurized | (adjective) treated or impregnated with sulfur | Synonyms: sulfuretted, sulphuretted |
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| sulfurous | (adjective) of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur | Synonyms: sulphurous |
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| (adjective) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity | Synonyms: stifling, sulphurous, sultry |
| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |