different between azithromycin vs macrolide

azithromycin

English

Etymology

From az- +? (er)ythromycin.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??z??.?o??ma?.sn?/

Noun

azithromycin (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A semisynthetic macrolide antibiotic C38H72N2O12 (trademarks Zithromax, Z-PAK) that is derived from erythromycin and is used especially as an antibacterial agent.

References

  • “azithromycin”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

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macrolide

English

Noun

macrolide (plural macrolides)

  1. (organic chemistry) a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least ten atoms
  2. (medicine) Any of a group of antibiotics having this structure

Hyponyms

  • azithromycin
  • clarithromycin
  • erythromycin
  • tacrolimus

See also

  • butanolide

Translations

Anagrams

  • mediocral

Italian

Etymology

macro- +? -olide

Noun

macrolide m (plural macrolidi)

  1. (organic chemistry, medicine) macrolide

Related terms

  • macrolidico

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