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Noun: oxacillin
  1. A form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci
    "The doctor prescribed oxacillin to treat the patient's resistant staph infection"

Derived forms: oxacillins

Type of: penicillinase-resistant antibiotic

Encyclopedia: Oxacillin