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sulfanilamide

noun
sul路​fa路​nil路​amide | \ 藢s蓹l-f蓹-藞ni-l蓹-藢m墨d How to pronounce sulfanilamide (audio) , -m蓹d 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

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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路​fa路​nil路​amide
variants: or chiefly British sulphanilamide \ 藢s蓹l-​f蓹-​藞nil-​蓹-​藢m墨d How to pronounce sulphanilamide (audio) , -​m蓹d 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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