Chloramphenicol Definition

klôrăm-fĕnĭ-kôl, -kŏl, -kōl
noun
An antibiotic drug, C11H12Cl2N2O5, prepared synthetically or isolated from a bacillus (Streptomyces venezuelae)
Webster's New World
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Origin of Chloramphenicol

  • chlor(o)– am(ide) phe(no)– ni(tro)– (gly)col

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

Chloramphenicol Sentence Examples

  • All cultures contained 50 µg/ml kanamycin and 34 µg/ml chloramphenicol.

  • The antibiotic, chloramphenicol and the anti-inflammatory, phenylbutazone are two examples.

  • This is particularly worrying, as many drugs used to treat fish are also used in human medicine, e.g. tetracycline and chloramphenicol.

  • The gene remained active by stimulating expression from a plasmid containing the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase gene under the control of the tat dependent promoter.

  • Similarly, the use of anticancer medications, immunosuppressants, and the antibiotic chloramphenicol are also considered risk factors for developing acute leukemias.

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