amoxicillin

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Etymology

From am(picillin) +‎ (hydr)oxy +‎ -cillin.

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Noun

amoxicillin (countable and uncountable, plural amoxicillins)

  1. (pharmacology) A moderate-spectrum, bacteriolytic beta-lactam antibiotic with the formula C16H19N3O5S, closely related to ampicillin.

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  • Chinese:
    → Mandarin: 阿莫西林 (āmòxīlín)

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