HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
Home › Dictionary › English › cephalosporin
← Back to search

Meaning of cephalosporin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
kɛfələʊˈspɔəɹɪn

Definitions

Any of a class of natural and synthetic antibiotics developed from Acremonium fungi, having a cepham structure.

Equivalents

Deutsch Zephalosporin
Español cefalosporina
Suomi kefalosporiini
Français céphalosporine
Italiano cefalosporina
Polski cefalosporyna
Português cefalosporina
Русский цефалоспори́н

Examples

“Another important group of antibiotics, the cephalosporins, a class that includes more than twenty-five different drugs, are chemically distinct from the penicillins but act in the same way as cell wall inhibitors, as do vancomycin and bacitracin.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
See all C1 English words →

See also

cephalosporinase cephalosporine cephalostat cephalostatin cephalostyle cephalotaxine

Learn this word in context

See cephalosporin used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course

Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free