Usually means: Antibiotic used against penicillin-resistant bacteria.
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  1. oxacillin: Merriam-Webster
  2. oxacillin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oxacillin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oxacillin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oxacillin: Vocabulary.com
  6. oxacillin: Wiktionary
  7. oxacillin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. oxacillin: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. oxacillin: Dictionary.com
  10. Oxacillin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. oxacillin: Rhymezone
  12. oxacillin: FreeDictionary.org
  13. oxacillin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. oxacillin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. oxacillin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. Oxacillin: Merck Manuals
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  6. oxacillin: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (oxacillin)

noun:  (pharmacology) A narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic made by chemical modification of penicillin and administered in the form of its hydrated sodium salt C₁₉H₁₈N₃NaO₅S·H₂O to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant staphylococci.

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