ceph|a|lo|spo|rin

ceph|a|lo|spo|rin
ceph|a|lo|spo|rin «SEHF uh luh SPR ihn, -SPOHR-», noun.
any one of a group of antibiotics chemically related to penicillin, derived from a mold originally found in sewage.
[< New Latin Cephalosporium, the genus name of the mold < Greek kephalē head + sporá seed]

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