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cefoxitin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
ce-fox-itin
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.

Uncountable

Etymology

From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + (meth)oxy + thi(ophe)n(e).

Usage

Questions

What does cefoxitin mean?
A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
Where does cefoxitin come from?
From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + (meth)oxy + thi(ophe)n(e).

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