rifampicin
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBlend of rifam(y)cin + pi(perazinyl).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrifampicin (countable and uncountable, plural rifampicins)
- (pharmacology) A reddish-brown semisynthetic antibiotic C43H58N4O12 obtained from the bacterium Amycolaptosis mediterranei, used chiefly to treat tuberculosis, leprosy, and asymptomatic carriers of meningococci.
References
edit- “rifampicin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “rifampin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.