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sulfanilamide

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sul·​fa·​nil·​amide | \ ˌsəl-fə-ˈni-lə-ˌmīd How to pronounce sulfanilamide (audio) , -məd How to pronounce sulfanilamide (audio) \

Definition of sulfanilamide

: a crystalline sulfonamide C6H8N2O2S that is the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs

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 Geiling and his lab of graduate students, including Kelsey, set out to determine what exactly in the elixir was killing people: the solvent, the flavor or the sulfanilamide. — Leila Mcneill, Smithsonian, "The Woman Who Stood Between America and an Epidemic of Birth Defects," 8 May 2017

First Known Use of sulfanilamide

1937, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for sulfanilamide

sulfanilic acid (C6H7NO3S, from International Scientific Vocabulary sulf- + aniline + -ic) + amide

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sulfanilamide

noun
sul·​fa·​nil·​amide
variants: or chiefly British sulphanilamide \ ˌsəl-​fə-​ˈnil-​ə-​ˌmīd How to pronounce sulphanilamide (audio) , -​məd How to pronounce sulphanilamide (audio) \

Medical Definition of sulfanilamide

: a crystalline sulfonamide C6H8N2O3S that is the amide of sulfanilic acid and the parent compound of most of the sulfa drugs

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