sulfa drug

Questions about sulfa drug

What does sulfa drug mean?

sulfa drug means "antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA".

What is another word for sulfa drug?

Close synonyms include sulfa, sulpha, sulfonamide. 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 sulfa drug a common word?

sulfa drug 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.