cephalosporin
cep·ha·los·porin
noun
1.
one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity
Origin
From translingual Cephalosporium (now Acremonium), a genus of fungi, + -in.
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