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cefoxitin

Today it means: A particular cephalosporin antibiotic. Full definition →

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From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + (meth)oxy + thi(ophe)n(e).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.