ornidazole

O1R1N1I1D2A1Z10O1L1E1

noun

A particular kind of drug that cures some protozoan infections.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounornidazole (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA particular kind of drug that cures some protozoan infections.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  4. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  5. Englishchloro-
  6. Englishchlor-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  8. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  9. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  11. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  12. GermanMethy
  13. Englishme(thyl)
  14. Egyptiannṯr
  15. Egyptiannṯrj
  16. Ancient Greekνῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron)
  17. Englishnitro-
  18. Egyptianjmn
  19. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  20. LatinAmmōn
  21. Latinammoniacus
  22. Englishammonia
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  24. Englishamide
  25. Englishimide
  26. Proto-Indo-European*né
  27. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  28. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  29. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  30. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  31. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  32. Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
  33. Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
  34. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
  35. Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
  36. Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
  37. Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
  38. Frenchazote
  39. Englishazote
  40. Englishazo-
  41. Englishazole
  42. Englishimidazole
  43. Englishmetronidazole
  44. Englishornidazole

From (chl)or- + -nidazole (“metronidazole derivative”).

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APA

ornidazole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornidazole

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“ornidazole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornidazole. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ornidazole,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornidazole.

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