grepafloxacin

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noun

An oral broad-spectrum quinoline antibacterial drug, no longer used because of cardiac side effects.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

noungrepafloxacin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAn oral broad-spectrum quinoline antibacterial drug, no longer used because of cardiac side effects.

Origin

From [Term?] + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).

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