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cephalosporin

ceph·a·lo·spo·rin

cephalosporin

 
pronunciation:
se f l spawr n
part of speech: noun
definition: any of a group of antibiotics originally isolated from fungi of the genus Acremonium (formerly known as Cephalosporium) used to treat bacterial infections.