sulfa drugs

sulfa drugs
sulfa drugs,
a family of drugs containing sulfur dioxide (SO2), especially those derived from sulfanilamide, that are generally powerful in checking the growth of certain bacteria. Members of the group are used (sometimes with antibiotics) chiefly to combat streptococcic, pneumococcic, meningococcic, and staphylococcic infections, but all are more or less toxic and are restricted in use. »

Sulfa drugs became available just before World War II and played an important role in preventing deaths from wound infection on the battlefield (Sidonie M. Gruenberg).


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  • sulfa drug — Pharm. any of a group of drugs closely related in chemical structure to sulfanilamide, having a bacteriostatic rather than a bacteriocidal effect: used in the treatment of various wounds, burns, and infections. Also called sulfa. [1935 40] * * *… …   Universalium

  • Sulfa drug — One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal infections. The first sulfa drug was prontosil. It was discovered by the German physician and chemist Gerhard Domagk in 1935. The sulfa… …   Medical dictionary

  • sulfa drug — noun antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA • Syn: ↑sulfa, ↑sulpha, ↑sulfonamide • Hypernyms: ↑antibacterial, ↑antibacterial drug, ↑bactericide …   Useful english dictionary

  • sulfa — Denoting the s. drugs, or sulfonamides. * * * sulfonamide * * * sul·fa or chiefly Brit sul·pha səl fə adj 1) related chemically to sulfanilamide 2) of, relating to, employing, or containing sulfa drugs <sulfa therapy> sulfa or chiefly Brit… …   Medical dictionary

  • sulfa — adjective Etymology: short for sulfanilamide Date: 1940 1. related chemically to sulfanilamide 2. of, relating to, or containing sulfa drugs …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sulfa — 1942, short name for the group of drugs derived from sulfanilamide ( amide of sulfanilic acid, which is so called because it is a sulphonic derivative of the dye stuff ANILINE (Cf. aniline)), and shortened from that word. (The usual British… …   Etymology dictionary

  • sulfa — [sul′fə] adj. [contr. < SULFANILAMIDE] designating or of a family of drugs of the sulfanilamide type, used in combating certain bacterial infections …   English World dictionary

  • sulfa — /sul feuh/, Pharm. adj. 1. related chemically to sulfanilamide. 2. pertaining to, consisting of, or involving a sulfa drug or drugs. n. 3. See sulfa drug. [1935 40; short for SULFANILAMIDE] * * * …   Universalium

  • sulfa — sul•fa [[t]ˈsʌl fə[/t]] adj. 1) pha related chemically to sulfanilamide 2) pha pertaining to, consisting of, or involving a sulfa drug or drugs 3) sulfa drug • Etymology: 1935–40; short for sulfanilamide …   From formal English to slang

  • sulfa drug — noun Date: 1940 any of various synthetic organic bacteria inhibiting drugs that are sulfonamides derived especially from sulfanilamide …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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