Noun: cephalosporin ,se-fu-lu'spo-rin
- One of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
"The development of cephalosporin antibiotics was a major advance in medicine";
- Mefoxin
Derived forms: cephalosporins
Type of: antibiotic, antibiotic drug
Encyclopedia: Cephalosporin