Meaning Of The Word Cephalosporin

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Cephalosporin Meaning

Cephalosporin Definition
Cephalosporin Definition

What's The Definition Of Cephalosporin?

cephalosporin in American English
any of a major group of broad-spectrum antibiotics produced by, or derived from, a fungus (genus Cephalosporium): an alternative for people allergic to penicillin
noun: any of a group of widely used broad-spectrum antibiotics, originally isolated as a product of fermentation from the fungus Cephalosporium acremonium

cephalosporin in British English
noun: any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium

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