Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cefazolin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: ce-fa-zolin
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.

Uncountable

Etymology

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + azole + -in.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

cefazoline (alternative) cephazolin (alternative)

Questions

What does cefazolin mean?: A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
Where does cefazolin come from?: From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + azole + -in.

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