sulfasalazine

English

Chemical structure of sulfasalazine

Alternative forms

• sulphasalazine (UK)

Etymology

From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”) +‎ -salazine (“salicylic acid derivative”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌl.fəˈsæl.ə.ziːn/

Noun

sulfasalazine (countable and uncountable, plural sulfasalazines)

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A sulfonamide antibiotic used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) and several types of inflammatory arthritis (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis).

   Synonyms: SSZ (abbreviation), salazopyrin, salazosulfapyridine, SASP

Translations

sulfonamide antibiotic used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and inflammatory arthritis

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柳氮磺胺吡啶

• French: sulfasalazine f
• German: Sulfasalazin n
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: szulfaszalazin
• Italian: sulfasalazina f, salazosulfapiridina f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: сульфасалазин (sulfasalazin)
• Portuguese: sulfassalazina f
• Romanian: sulfasalazină f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: sulfasalazina f
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
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See also

• mesalazine

 

References

• “sulphasalazine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “sulfasalazine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.