Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfa drug

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fa -drug
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of antibiotic drugs structurally related to sulphonamide, tending to be bacteriostatic rather than bacteriocidal.

Inflected Forms

sulfa drugs (plural)

Synonyms

sulfa sulpha sulfonamide

Questions

What does sulfa drug mean?: Any of a group of antibiotic drugs structurally related to sulphonamide, tending to be bacteriostatic rather than bacteriocidal.

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