nalidixic acid

1. 1.

   antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections

   SynonymsNegGram

   Broaderantibacterial

Questions about nalidixic acid

What does nalidixic acid mean?

nalidixic acid means "antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections".

What is another word for nalidixic acid?

Close synonyms include NegGram. 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 nalidixic acid a common word?

nalidixic acid 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.