different between synthetic vs ciprofloxacin

English

From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sunthetikós).

synthetic (comparative more synthetic, superlative most synthetic)

Of, or relating to synthesis.
(chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
Artificial, not genuine.
(grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).
(linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic).

synthetic (plural synthetics)

From cy(clo)pro(pyl) +? -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).

ciprofloxacin (uncountable) (abbreviated cipro)

(pharmacology) A broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic C₁₇H₁₈FN₃O₃ that is often administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₇H₁₈FN₃O₃·HCl and is effective especially against gram-negative bacteria.

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

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