Meanings
nouncefprozil (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineA cephalosporin-type antibiotic.
Origin
- Englishcefalosporin
- Englishcef-
- Englishpropenyl
- Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
- Proto-Indo-European*yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
- Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
- Proto-Austronesian*zawa
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
- Old Javanesejawa
- Old JavaneseJawi
- Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
- Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
- Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
- Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
- Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
- Catalanbenjuí
- Middle Frenchbenjoin
- Englishbenzoin
- Englishbenzo-
- Englishbenz-
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishbenzyl
- Englishcefprozil
From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + pro(penyl) + (ben)zyl.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
cefprozil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cefprozil
MLA
“cefprozil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cefprozil. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cefprozil,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cefprozil.
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