ceftazidime

What does ceftazidime mean?

ceftazidime means "a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections".

How many syllables are in ceftazidime?

ceftazidime has 4 syllables and divides as cef-ta-zi-dime under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ceftazidime?

Close synonyms include Fortaz, Tazicef. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ceftazidime a common word?

ceftazidime is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ceftazidime come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.