sulnidazole

S1U1L1N1I1D2A1Z10O1L1E1

noun

An antiprotozoal drug.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounsulnidazole (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAn antiprotozoal drug.

Origin

  1. Latinsulpur
  2. Latinsulfur
  3. Latinsulphur
  4. Anglo-Normansulfre
  5. Middle Englishsulphur
  6. Englishsulfur
  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. Englishsulnidazole

From sul(fur) + -nidazole (“metronidazole derivative”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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