Amoxicillin Definition

ə-mŏksĭ-sĭlĭn
noun
A synthetic antibiotic, C16H19N3O5S, derived from ampicillin, used orally in treating various bacterial diseases.
Webster's New World
A semisynthetic penicillin, C16 H19 N3 O5 S, having an antibacterial spectrum of action similar to that of ampicillin.
American Heritage Medicine

(pharmacology) A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic, β-lactam antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections caused by susceptible microorganisms, with formula C16H19N3O5S.

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Origin of Amoxicillin

  • am(ino) (hydr)ox(y) (pen)icillin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Amoxicillin Sentence Examples

  • If you become pregnant while taking amoxicillin, call your doctor.

  • Allocation of the oral amoxicillin and placebo was reported as being double blind.

  • If the child has a weakened immune system, the doctor will prescribe either amoxicillin or erythromycin.

  • Children under age eight are usually given amoxicillin (Amoxil, Pentamox, Sumox, Trimox) because tetracycline discolors permanent teeth that have not yet come in.

  • Oral amoxicillin or cephalosporins are often administered first in treating milder cases of pneumococcal pneumonia in children younger than age five, though they are not used in newborns.

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