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Noun: Mefoxin
  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
    - cephalosporin

Type of: antibiotic, antibiotic drug

Encyclopedia: Mefoxin